BE33 pilot experiences electrical failure while holding short but is able to receive takeoff clearan...

Attributes
ACN	919210
Time
Date	201011
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	SBA.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Bonanza 33
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Taxi
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Electrical Power
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 400 Flight Crew Type 20
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR

Narrative:

I was at the FBO at sba and I made the appropriate radio calls to taxi to the active runway which was 15R. After crossing runway 15L as I was holding short of 15R I lost electrical power. I was given light gun signals to return to starting point from sba tower. Then I called the tower via cellular phone to conserve electrical power. They instructed me via telephone taxi and clearance to take off from 15R; at this point I handed the telephone to the passenger to take over the instructions from tower while I did the take off. We were airborne with no issues but it seems that we were losing more electrical power. I decided to take into account the airspace enroute. I climbed to 9;500 with the class B in mind; I did not enter class B but might have been within the mode-C veil. I kept in mind the approach corridor of the class B and navigated clear from that. Due to night conditions I did not want to venture too far offshore where there were no airports available to land in case I had an additional issue(s). I flew the aircraft from sba to where repairs could be made to the aircraft.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: BE33 pilot experiences electrical failure while holding short but is able to receive takeoff clearance from Tower via cell phone. The flight to home base is about one hour at night.

Narrative: I was at the FBO at SBA and I made the appropriate radio calls to taxi to the active runway which was 15R. After crossing Runway 15L as I was holding short of 15R I lost electrical power. I was given light gun signals to return to starting point from SBA Tower. Then I called the Tower via cellular phone to conserve electrical power. They instructed me via telephone taxi and clearance to take off from 15R; at this point I handed the telephone to the passenger to take over the instructions from Tower while I did the take off. We were airborne with no issues but it seems that we were losing more electrical power. I decided to take into account the airspace enroute. I climbed to 9;500 with the Class B in mind; I did not enter Class B but might have been within the Mode-C veil. I kept in mind the approach corridor of the class B and navigated clear from that. Due to night conditions I did not want to venture tOo far offshore where there were no airports available to land in case I had an additional issue(s). I flew the aircraft from SBA to where repairs could be made to the aircraft.

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.

BE33 pilot experiences electrical failure while holding short but is able to receive takeoff clearance from tower via cell phone. The flight to home base is about one hour at night.