Narrative:

As PIC of flight XXX, I filed a VFR flight following direct to dallas love. As I was about 70 mi northeast of houston I had noticed some electrical problem, the lights got dim and my VOR and DME signals were going off and on and I lost my #1 radio. I called approach but no one could hear me. I then turned to #2 radio and faintly received hobby approach but I could not hear him very clearly. I told him of my condition that I was unable to hear him and I was having radio, electrical problems, but I can maintain VFR and proceed onto dallas. A min after my transmission, the entire cockpit panel went crazy. There were lights flashing everywhere, then suddenly I lost everything. I had lost full electrical power. I tried the emergency back-up electrical but nothing happened. The cockpit was pitch black. I could not see anything. I had my flashlight but it was not much of help for me to see things fully in the cockpit. I was about 5 mi south of culter field near college station, so I was going to land there. I tried to bring the landing gear down, but nothing happened. I tried to hand crank it, but it was very dark, and hard to fly the plane and when hand cranking it, nothing happened. I landed the plane gear up. I skidded a little then the plane stopped in the middle of runway 4. There was smoke a little. I got out of the plane and called my company. I remember 2 days before I told the mechanic at houston hobby I was having problems with the lights on the panel, they would go off and on sometimes in the same airplane I had the incident in. The mechanic also told me that other pilots said the plane I was flying had electrical problems. I feel perhaps the mechanic did not check what I told him about the lights very carefully, that could be a factor.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C402 PLT HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AT NIGHT, UNABLE TO CRANK GEAR DOWN MANUALLY, HE LANDED GEAR UP.

Narrative: AS PIC OF FLT XXX, I FILED A VFR FLT FOLLOWING DIRECT TO DALLAS LOVE. AS I WAS ABOUT 70 MI NE OF HOUSTON I HAD NOTICED SOME ELECTRICAL PROB, THE LIGHTS GOT DIM AND MY VOR AND DME SIGNALS WERE GOING OFF AND ON AND I LOST MY #1 RADIO. I CALLED APCH BUT NO ONE COULD HEAR ME. I THEN TURNED TO #2 RADIO AND FAINTLY RECEIVED HOBBY APCH BUT I COULD NOT HEAR HIM VERY CLRLY. I TOLD HIM OF MY CONDITION THAT I WAS UNABLE TO HEAR HIM AND I WAS HAVING RADIO, ELECTRICAL PROBS, BUT I CAN MAINTAIN VFR AND PROCEED ONTO DALLAS. A MIN AFTER MY XMISSION, THE ENTIRE COCKPIT PANEL WENT CRAZY. THERE WERE LIGHTS FLASHING EVERYWHERE, THEN SUDDENLY I LOST EVERYTHING. I HAD LOST FULL ELECTRICAL PWR. I TRIED THE EMER BACK-UP ELECTRICAL BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE COCKPIT WAS PITCH BLACK. I COULD NOT SEE ANYTHING. I HAD MY FLASHLIGHT BUT IT WAS NOT MUCH OF HELP FOR ME TO SEE THINGS FULLY IN THE COCKPIT. I WAS ABOUT 5 MI S OF CULTER FIELD NEAR COLLEGE STATION, SO I WAS GOING TO LAND THERE. I TRIED TO BRING THE LNDG GEAR DOWN, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. I TRIED TO HAND CRANK IT, BUT IT WAS VERY DARK, AND HARD TO FLY THE PLANE AND WHEN HAND CRANKING IT, NOTHING HAPPENED. I LANDED THE PLANE GEAR UP. I SKIDDED A LITTLE THEN THE PLANE STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF RWY 4. THERE WAS SMOKE A LITTLE. I GOT OUT OF THE PLANE AND CALLED MY COMPANY. I REMEMBER 2 DAYS BEFORE I TOLD THE MECH AT HOUSTON HOBBY I WAS HAVING PROBS WITH THE LIGHTS ON THE PANEL, THEY WOULD GO OFF AND ON SOMETIMES IN THE SAME AIRPLANE I HAD THE INCIDENT IN. THE MECH ALSO TOLD ME THAT OTHER PLTS SAID THE PLANE I WAS FLYING HAD ELECTRICAL PROBS. I FEEL PERHAPS THE MECH DID NOT CHK WHAT I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE LIGHTS VERY CAREFULLY, THAT COULD BE A FACTOR.

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.