# Incident 19800419039909I: Cvac STCAPJC, Scottsbluff, NE, April 19, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1980, 08:50 local time
- Place: Scottsbluff, NE
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: FALA
- Location: 41.8681° N, 103.6607° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsbluff, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8681&lon=-103.6607&mi=10
- Aircraft: N73145, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N73145-1992-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Convair 340-31 (registry code 2422804, https://openairdocs.org/model/convair-340-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CVAC STCAPJC
- Reported engine: ALLSN 501D13H
- People aboard: 49
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800419039909I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ENGINE SHUT DOWN DUE TO ALTERNATOR MECHANICAL FAIL LIGHT.

## Other reports on N73145 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19871022071539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871022071539I), Oct 22, 1987: Cvac STCAPJC (N73145), Dallas-Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. The wingtip hit the wingtip of N117 while taxiing to parking. Marshallers gave conflicting signals to pilot.
- [Incident 19860218008649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860218008649I), Feb 18, 1986: Cvac 34031 (N73145), Dallas Fort Wor, TX, Minor damage. While taxiing off pad right wingtip struck left wingtip of parked N73136. Not signaled to stop until collision.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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