42.3026° N, 75.4160° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at SIDNEY MUNI (N23), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
March 7, 1983 · 19:30 local
Place
Hancock, NY
Airport
Sidney Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Aircraft
N426
Reported as
Cessna T337G
Reported engine
Continental TSIO360C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,835 total180 in this make and model68 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.
Overvoltage light came on. Double alernator failure. Wire bundle that overheated alternator output wire shorted.
As the FAA filed it
OVERVOLTAGE LIGHT CAME ON. DOUBLE ALERNATOR FAILURE. WIRE BUNDLE THAT OVERHEATED ALTERNATOR OUTPUT WIRE SHORTED.