Narrative:

I departed scottsdale, az, on an IFR flight plan in an small transport aircraft. Upon making my turnout to fly a heading of 300 degrees, I retracted the landing gear. During the retraction, the entire electrical system quit and I had no indication from the gear indicator lights whether it had retracted. I leveled at 5000 ft as was prescribed in my clearance and began investigating the problem. After 3 mins as instructed by my prior clearance from clearance delivery, I began a climb. When I leveled, I was cruising at cruise speed so I assumed the gear was up. I realized I would have to land the most suitable airport appeared to be prescott. I felt they had emergency equipment if I needed it and I was now closer to it than any other. I flew over the field, slowed the aircraft down and cranked the gear to the down position, however, I had no radio communication capabilities or gear indicator light to be certain. I flew a standard traffic pattern, pulled my power off once the field and landing assured and landed. The landing gear was not down. I then turned off the fuel (and any other equipment) and collected my charts and got out of the aircraft.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT OF AN SMT TWIN ENG ACFT EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ACFT ELECTRICAL FAILURE DURING AN IFR CLBOUT RESULTING IN COMPLETE LOSS OF ALL RADIO COM CAUSING THE PLT TO CONTINUE ON TO A SUITABLE ARPT AS A NORAD AND LAND GEAR UP SINCE THE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED MANUALLY.

Narrative: I DEPARTED SCOTTSDALE, AZ, ON AN IFR FLT PLAN IN AN SMT ACFT. UPON MAKING MY TURNOUT TO FLY A HDG OF 300 DEGS, I RETRACTED THE LNDG GEAR. DURING THE RETRACTION, THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL SYS QUIT AND I HAD NO INDICATION FROM THE GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WHETHER IT HAD RETRACTED. I LEVELED AT 5000 FT AS WAS PRESCRIBED IN MY CLRNC AND BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE PROB. AFTER 3 MINS AS INSTRUCTED BY MY PRIOR CLRNC FROM CLRNC DELIVERY, I BEGAN A CLB. WHEN I LEVELED, I WAS CRUISING AT CRUISE SPD SO I ASSUMED THE GEAR WAS UP. I REALIZED I WOULD HAVE TO LAND THE MOST SUITABLE ARPT APPEARED TO BE PRESCOTT. I FELT THEY HAD EMER EQUIP IF I NEEDED IT AND I WAS NOW CLOSER TO IT THAN ANY OTHER. I FLEW OVER THE FIELD, SLOWED THE ACFT DOWN AND CRANKED THE GEAR TO THE DOWN POS, HOWEVER, I HAD NO RADIO COM CAPABILITIES OR GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT TO BE CERTAIN. I FLEW A STANDARD TFC PATTERN, PULLED MY PWR OFF ONCE THE FIELD AND LNDG ASSURED AND LANDED. THE LNDG GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. I THEN TURNED OFF THE FUEL (AND ANY OTHER EQUIP) AND COLLECTED MY CHARTS AND GOT OUT OF THE ACFT.

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.