A BE-V35 LOST ELECTRICAL PWR AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP.

2003-07 · NASA ASRS report 588929

Date: 2003-07 · Aircraft: Bonanza 35

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|ground-event-encounter-gear-up-landing

Synopsis

A BE-V35 LOST ELECTRICAL PWR AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR UP.

Narrative

AT 3500 FT OVER ZZZ1 THE AIRPLANE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. DUE TO A SOLID UNDERCAST; I CONTINUED TO MY PLANNED DEST OF ZZZ. ALL RADIOS FAILED AND THE COURSE DEV INDICATOR; WHICH I WAS USING FOR VOR NAV; FAILED. I IMMEDIATELY SQUAWKED 7600. AFTER GETTING WELL S OF ZZZ1 I TURNED TOWARD ZZZ; WHICH WAS UNDER CLR SKIES. IN AN EFFORT TO ALERT ZZZ CTL TWR THAT THE AIRPLANE'S RADIOS HAD FAILED; I FLEW DIRECTLY TOWARD THE TWR WAGGING THE AIRPLANE'S WINGS. NO LIGHT GUN SIGNAL WAS OBSERVED. I THEN FLEW THE AIRPLANE OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO EXTEND THE LNDG GEAR. I ROTATED THE EMER GEAR HANDLE UNTIL IT STOPPED. I SAW A CESSNA 172 ENTERING THE TFC PATTERN AT ZZZ AND DECIDED TO FOLLOW THAT AIRPLANE. I ENTERED A NORMAL L TFC PATTERN TO RWY 25L BEHIND THE CESSNA; ATTEMPTING TO ATTRACT ATTN BY WAGGING THE AIRPLANE'S WINGS. AFTER THE CESSNA HAD LANDED AND A CPR JET DEPARTED FROM AN INTERSECTING RWY 30; I LANDED ON RWY 25L. THE AIRPLANE SKIDDED TO A STOP. I FIRST REALIZED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED UPON TOUCHDOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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