# Incident 19820309012869I: Cessna 172N, Joliet, IL, March 9, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1982, 12:40 local time
- Place: Joliet, IL
- Airport: Joliet
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5177° N, 88.1754° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOLIET RGNL (JOT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5177&lon=-88.1754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N734K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- Reported engine: LYC O320H2AD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 29 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820309012869I

## Narrative

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

LOST RADIO COMMUNICATIONS EN ROUTE IFR. LANDED NEAREST AIRPORT. WIRE BROKE OFF ALTERNATOR CAUSING DISCHARGE.

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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