19790410010399I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 206CESSNA · Raleigh, NC · April 10, 1979

Date
April 10, 1979 · 11:15 local
Place
Raleigh, NC
Airport
Durham
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N32PS
Reported as
Cessna 206CESSNA
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total2,500 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.

Electrical failure due to an overvoltage problem. Alternator had been improperly installed. No vibration absorption.

As the FAA filed it

ELECTRICAL FAILURE DUE TO AN OVERVOLTAGE PROBLEM.ALTERNATOR HAD BEEN IMPROPERLY INSTALLED. NO VIBRATION ABSORPTION.