ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 216830
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| Date: | Sunday 28 October 2018 |
| Time: | 12:10 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft V35 Bonanza |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N5624S |
| MSN: | D-8168 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1966 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4603 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Murfreesboro Municipal Airport (KMBT), Murfreesboro, TN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sevierville, TN (GKT) |
| Murfreesboro, TN (MBT) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was conducting a cross-country, personal flight. He reported that, during approach to the destination airport, he had to manually extend the landing gear because he noticed the "down" light was not green. A witness who was in the airport terminal reported that he heard the pilot announce on the CTAF that his airplane was having "amperage" issues and that he might have to land with no radios. The pilot then asked him to confirm that the landing gear were extended. The witness went out to the taxiway and checked the landing gear status as the pilot conducted a low pass over the runway. The landing gear was not extended fully. The pilot stated that he attempted to go around but that the airplane was "sucked down" into trees by "a very strong wind" as the airplane proceeded beyond the departure end of the runway.
The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the alternator switch was in the "off" position, which would have prevented the battery from charging and likely led to there being insufficient battery power to extend the landing gear.
The airport's automated weather observation station reported that, about the time of the accident, there was a right quartering headwind at 14 knots, gusting to 19 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control while maneuvering at low altitude in gusting wind conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N5624S/history/20181028/1452Z/KGKT/KMBT
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N5624S%20
Location
Media:
Small plane crashes in Murfreesboro: https://t.co/l3bYQpNpnU
— WTVC NewsChannel 9 (@newschannelnine) 28 octobre 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2018 20:25 | Geno | Added |
| 29-Oct-2018 00:04 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Damage] |
| 22-Apr-2020 17:05 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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