A C402 PLT HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AT NIGHT; UNABLE TO CRANK GEAR DOWN MANUALLY; HE LANDED GEAR UP.

Narrative

AS PIC OF FLT XXX; I FILED A VFR FLT FOLLOWING DIRECT TO DALLAS LOVE. AS I WAS ABOUT 70 MI NE OF HOUSTON I HAD NOTICED SOME ELECTRICAL PROB; THE LIGHTS GOT DIM AND MY VOR AND DME SIGNALS WERE GOING OFF AND ON AND I LOST MY #1 RADIO. I CALLED APCH BUT NO ONE COULD HEAR ME. I THEN TURNED TO #2 RADIO AND FAINTLY RECEIVED HOBBY APCH BUT I COULD NOT HEAR HIM VERY CLRLY. I TOLD HIM OF MY CONDITION THAT I WAS UNABLE TO HEAR HIM AND I WAS HAVING RADIO; ELECTRICAL PROBS; BUT I CAN MAINTAIN VFR AND PROCEED ONTO DALLAS. A MIN AFTER MY XMISSION; THE ENTIRE COCKPIT PANEL WENT CRAZY. THERE WERE LIGHTS FLASHING EVERYWHERE; THEN SUDDENLY I LOST EVERYTHING. I HAD LOST FULL ELECTRICAL PWR. I TRIED THE EMER BACK-UP ELECTRICAL BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE COCKPIT WAS PITCH BLACK. I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. I HAD MY FLASHLIGHT BUT IT WAS NOT MUCH OF HELP FOR ME TO SEE THINGS FULLY IN THE COCKPIT. I WAS ABOUT 5 MI S OF CULTER FIELD NEAR COLLEGE STATION; SO I WAS GOING TO LAND THERE. I TRIED TO BRING THE LNDG GEAR DOWN; BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. I TRIED TO HAND CRANK IT; BUT IT WAS VERY DARK; AND HARD TO FLY THE PLANE AND WHEN HAND CRANKING IT; NOTHING HAPPENED. I LANDED THE PLANE GEAR UP. I SKIDDED A LITTLE THEN THE PLANE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF RWY 4. THERE WAS SMOKE A LITTLE. I GOT OUT OF THE PLANE AND CALLED MY COMPANY. I REMEMBER 2 DAYS BEFORE I TOLD THE MECH AT HOUSTON HOBBY I WAS HAVING PROBS WITH THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL; THEY WOULD GO OFF AND ON SOMETIMES IN THE SAME AIRPLANE I HAD THE INCIDENT IN. THE MECH ALSO TOLD ME THAT OTHER PLTS SAID THE PLANE I WAS FLYING HAD ELECTRICAL PROBS. I FEEL PERHAPS THE MECH DID NOT CHK WHAT I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE LIGHTS VERY CAREFULLY; THAT COULD BE A FACTOR.