ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 365508
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 April 1991 |
| Time: | 18:30 LT |
| Type: |  Beechcraft P35 |
| Owner/operator: | Roger Hodges |
| Registration: | N1476G |
| MSN: | D-6928 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | CONTINENTAL IO-470 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gilbertsville, KY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Memphis, TN (KMEM) |
| Plymouth, IN (C65) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT REALIZED HE LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AFTER MEMPHIS CENTER ADVSIED HIM THAT THEY WERE LOSING HIS RADIO TRANSMISSIONS. HE DEVIATED TO KENTUCKY DAM AIRPORT. HE USED THE LANDING GEAR SWITCH TO LOWER THE GEAR AND HE FELT THE GEAR GO DOWN. HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH HE REALIZED THE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS WERE INOPERABLE BECAUSE OF THE POWER LOSS, HE STILL ASSUMED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THE ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY MECHANICALLY LOWERING THE GEAR AND CONFIRMING THAT IT WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S FAILUE TO ENSURE THE GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED DURING A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AFTER THE LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB BFO91LA042
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 10:51 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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