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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech V35B · Indianapolis, IN · May 24, 1978

Date
May 24, 1978 · 09:14 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N7286R
Reported as
Beech V35B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
438 total160 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Intermittant communication capability during IFR flight followed by navigation failure. Partial alternator failure.

As the FAA filed it

INTERMITTANT COMMUNICATION CAPABILITY DURING IFR FLIGHT FOLLOWED BY NAVIGATION FAILURE. PARTIAL ALTERNATOR FAILURE.