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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 150G · Springfield, IL · December 5, 1978

Date
December 5, 1978 · 18:48 local
Place
Springfield, IL
Airport
Capital
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3475J
Reported as
Cessna 150G
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
270 total200 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.

Total electrical failure en route due to defective alternator and generator.

As the FAA filed it

TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE EN ROUTE DUE TO DEFECTIVE ALTERNATOR AND GENERATOR.