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Incident

FAA incident report · Beech C45H · Dunkirk, NY · December 11, 1980

Date
December 11, 1980 · 01:00 local
Place
Dunkirk, NY
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N231SK
Reported as
Beech C45H
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total1,400 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.

Pilot lost one generator then second generator failed. Precautionary landing made.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LOST ONE GENERATOR THEN SECOND GENERATOR FAILED. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING MADE.