- Date
- October 25, 1992, 01:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Scott City, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3074CBeech K35
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921025056349A
- Case key
- 15611
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Probable cause
Failure of the alternator and the pilot's inadvertent descent.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot departed after midnight on the last leg of a business trip. He reported he lost electrical power after gear retraction during climb from takeoff. He used a flashlight for cockpit illumination and a mobile telephone to contact someone at the destination. Nearing the destination, he extended the landing gear manually, descended to pass over the field for a visual check of the gear, and continued troubleshooting. The airplane collided with the ground 2.5 miles north of the field. Two connections for the alternator were found loose or broken.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3074C
- Reported as
- Beech K35
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- D-5738
- Airframe hours
- 3,449
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-C, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Crotts Aircraft Service, Inc
- Registered owner
- Crotts Aircraft Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1992 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- KS01 · Hoxie, KS
- Destination
- 2K9
- Airport
- 2K9 · Scott City Municipal, runway 17, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 341 total · 74 in this make and model · 281 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCK, 36 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.