<< >> NASA ASRS Report 955279, June 2011

A be-76 instructor reported an electrical fire in flight which required a lost communications approach and landing. He did not receive a landing clearance light from ATC although he thought he had.

Attributes
ACN	955279
Time
Date	201106
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Duchess 76
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Electrical Power
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 40 Flight Crew Total 275 Flight Crew Type 14
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Landing Without Clearance Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor

Narrative:

I landed with lost communications with no problems. As I flew back toward the airport I circled overhead until I 'received' a light gun signal. I then descended into the traffic pattern and made a normal landing. Afterward; I waited for light signals for taxi. After parking I called the tower to make sure that there was nothing further they needed from me. I was informed that they did not send a light signal for a landing. However; I thought that I had seen a signal and with the electrical fire that had just happened; I wanted to land as soon as possible and was pretty certain that I had seen a green signal from the tower.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A BE-76 Instructor reported an electrical fire in flight which required a lost communications approach and landing. He did not receive a landing clearance light from ATC although he thought he had.

Narrative: I landed with lost communications with no problems. As I flew back toward the airport I circled overhead until I 'received' a light gun signal. I then descended into the traffic pattern and made a normal landing. Afterward; I waited for light signals for taxi. After parking I called the Tower to make sure that there was nothing further they needed from me. I was informed that they did not send a light signal for a landing. However; I thought that I had seen a signal and with the electrical fire that had just happened; I wanted to land as soon as possible and was pretty certain that I had seen a green signal from the Tower.

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.