42.2752° N, 85.5885° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 25, 1981 · 13:08 local
Place
Kalamazoo, MI
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6661E
Reported as
Cessna 175
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
550 total175 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.
Aircraft landed at controlled airpark without communications due to electrical failure. Voltage regulator not set.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LANDED AT CONTROLLED AIRPARK WITHOUT COMMUNICATIONS DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE. VOLTAGE REGULATOR NOT SET.