- Date
- August 20, 1984, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Carlisle, AR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N67908Beech A36
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840820043079A
- Case key
- 33779
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Electrical system,alternator - failure,totalFactor
Electrical system,electric wiring - disconnectedCause
Complete gear collapsed
Gear down and locked - not attainedCause
Emergency procedure - inadequateFactor
Remedial action - misjudged
Analysis
The acft landing gear collapsed during landing. After electrical failure the plt had cranked the gear down in flt. Inspection revealed that a nut on the alternator ground wire had come off. The landing gear manual extension system had no deficiencies.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N67908
- Reported as
- Beech A36
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- E2341
- Airframe hours
- 115
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Floyd H. Fulkerson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1984 · 115 hours before
- Departed
- BHM · Birmngham, AL
- Destination
- LIT · Little Rock, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 4M3 · Carlisle Municipal, runway 9, 4,500 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,850 total · 2,000 in this make and model · 4,850 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 81 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.