19791115055859I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 210N · Elmira, NY · November 15, 1979

Date
November 15, 1979 · 14:34 local
Place
Elmira, NY
Airport
Chemung Co
Phase of flight
Initial Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N6554N
Reported as
Cessna 210N
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,550 total100 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.

Vectors to approach given when alternator #C61T002-0105 failed. Manual gear extension made.

As the FAA filed it

VECTORS TO APPROACH GIVEN WHEN ALTERNATOR #C61T002-0105 FAILED. MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION MADE.