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BE36 pilot experiences total electrical failure shortly after takeoff. After establishing communications with a hand held radio and manually extending the landing gear; a safe landing ensues.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 857245 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200910 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 36 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | AC Generator/Alternator |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 7.2 Flight Crew Total 2650 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
During initial climb following takeoff; lost all electrical power. Turned off all electrical systems and recycled alternator but no response. Retrieved hand-held standby communications radio made necessary connections and established radio contact with departure on assigned frequency. Briefed controller and requested return. Permission granted to return and hand off to tower; cleared to land runway xxl. Asked for and received permission to orbit east of runway in order extend landing gear manually. With no power; gear 'down and locked' annunciator lights inoperative. Requested permission from tower from a low approach for visual inspection of landing gear. After receiving permission; executed low approach. Tower advised that landing gear was down and cleared me to land using left hand pattern. Applied full power; entered left hand pattern and landed safely.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE36 pilot experiences total electrical failure shortly after takeoff. After establishing communications with a hand held radio and manually extending the landing gear; a safe landing ensues.
Narrative: During initial climb following takeoff; lost all electrical power. Turned off all electrical systems and recycled alternator but no response. Retrieved hand-held standby communications radio made necessary connections and established radio contact with Departure on assigned frequency. Briefed Controller and requested return. Permission granted to return and hand off to Tower; cleared to land Runway XXL. Asked for and received permission to orbit east of runway in order extend landing gear manually. With no power; gear 'down and locked' annunciator lights inoperative. Requested permission from Tower from a low approach for visual inspection of landing gear. After receiving permission; executed low approach. Tower advised that landing gear was down and cleared me to land using left hand pattern. Applied full power; entered left hand pattern and landed safely.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.