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A BE35 loss of battery took down the electrical system. An emergency return to departure airport was followed by a safe landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1018537 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201206 |
| 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 35 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | DC Battery |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 18 Flight Crew Total 801 Flight Crew Type 715 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Electrical instruments started failing about 1;000 ft AGL on runway heading. Initiated a right turn back to the runway; tried to contact tower on failed radio. [I] squawked 7600 on transponder; received transmission from an entity that monitors 121.5. I tried to lower gear with no positive result [and] contacted ATC. Advised them of the situation and declared an emergency. Center responded. I told them I was going southeast of the airport to manually crank down the gear. ATC approved and requested to let them know when I was ready to go to [departure airport] to land. [I] got gear down but no green lights due to the electrical failure. Told ATC ready to go to [departure airport] they approved a straight in. [I] asked tower for a fly by to verify gear down. On fly by tower indicated that the gear looked down. Circled and successfully landed. After shutdown [I] called tower supervisor for follow up; he indicated everything was good on his end. Airplane inspection showed that the battery had failed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A BE35 loss of battery took down the electrical system. An emergency return to departure airport was followed by a safe landing.
Narrative: Electrical instruments started failing about 1;000 FT AGL on runway heading. Initiated a right turn back to the runway; tried to contact Tower on failed radio. [I] squawked 7600 on transponder; received transmission from an entity that monitors 121.5. I tried to lower gear with no positive result [and] contacted ATC. Advised them of the situation and declared an emergency. Center responded. I told them I was going southeast of the airport to manually crank down the gear. ATC approved and requested to let them know when I was ready to go to [departure airport] to land. [I] got gear down but no green lights due to the electrical failure. Told ATC ready to go to [departure airport] they approved a straight in. [I] asked Tower for a fly by to verify gear down. On fly by Tower indicated that the gear looked down. Circled and successfully landed. After shutdown [I] called Tower Supervisor for follow up; he indicated everything was good on his end. Airplane inspection showed that the battery had failed.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.