Narrative:

I preflted my 19XX small aircraft X on a cold, frosty morning. I found that it was hard starting but after warming up I left cyw. The flight was uneventful until over 1/2 way I realized that I hadn't heard center checking the ammeter. I found that I was not getting any charge. I've had electrical problems twice before. I shut down the unnecessary radios and proceeded on course calling center. I told them I was losing my electrical system, I did hear one command to descend from 7000 to 5000. After descending I did not know if I was being received or not. I heard nothing more on my radio. I located mkc and lowered my gear, so I thought. The lights were not working enough to see gear or flaps up or down in the bright sunlight so I looked down on the floor and leaned way over, it appeared to me that the mechanical pointer on the floor had moved. I even got my hand down, felt it hard enough to push the plastic lens off and it still felt ok. Now satisfied that the gear was down I lowered the flaps and watched them go down very slowly. Since I know that it ordinarily takes more juice to lower the flaps than the gear I thought for certain that I was ok. The tower gave me 2 red lights and I circled both times. Then on the 3RD time they gave me a green as I was right over the numbers. I landed softly but with scraping. When I talked to the tower they said they were afraid I was out of gas. I landed because I thought everything was ok.

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Title: SMA WITH ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS LANDS GEAR UP AT MKC.

Narrative: I PREFLTED MY 19XX SMA X ON A COLD, FROSTY MORNING. I FOUND THAT IT WAS HARD STARTING BUT AFTER WARMING UP I LEFT CYW. THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL UNTIL OVER 1/2 WAY I REALIZED THAT I HADN'T HEARD CENTER CHECKING THE AMMETER. I FOUND THAT I WAS NOT GETTING ANY CHARGE. I'VE HAD ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS TWICE BEFORE. I SHUT DOWN THE UNNECESSARY RADIOS AND PROCEEDED ON COURSE CALLING CENTER. I TOLD THEM I WAS LOSING MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, I DID HEAR ONE COMMAND TO DSND FROM 7000 TO 5000. AFTER DESCENDING I DID NOT KNOW IF I WAS BEING RECEIVED OR NOT. I HEARD NOTHING MORE ON MY RADIO. I LOCATED MKC AND LOWERED MY GEAR, SO I THOUGHT. THE LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING ENOUGH TO SEE GEAR OR FLAPS UP OR DOWN IN THE BRIGHT SUNLIGHT SO I LOOKED DOWN ON THE FLOOR AND LEANED WAY OVER, IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THE MECHANICAL POINTER ON THE FLOOR HAD MOVED. I EVEN GOT MY HAND DOWN, FELT IT HARD ENOUGH TO PUSH THE PLASTIC LENS OFF AND IT STILL FELT OK. NOW SATISFIED THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN I LOWERED THE FLAPS AND WATCHED THEM GO DOWN VERY SLOWLY. SINCE I KNOW THAT IT ORDINARILY TAKES MORE JUICE TO LOWER THE FLAPS THAN THE GEAR I THOUGHT FOR CERTAIN THAT I WAS OK. THE TWR GAVE ME 2 RED LIGHTS AND I CIRCLED BOTH TIMES. THEN ON THE 3RD TIME THEY GAVE ME A GREEN AS I WAS RIGHT OVER THE NUMBERS. I LANDED SOFTLY BUT WITH SCRAPING. WHEN I TALKED TO THE TWR THEY SAID THEY WERE AFRAID I WAS OUT OF GAS. I LANDED BECAUSE I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS OK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.