# Incident 19830428024399I: Cessna 172RG, Gaithersburg, MD, April 28, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1983, 11:25 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Baltimore Washing
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1486° N, 77.1951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaithersburg, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1486&lon=-77.1951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6522V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6522V-1998-03-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 40 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830428024399I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRIC POWER LOSS EN ROUTE.  TURNED ON MASTER SWITCH TO LOWER GEAR.  VOLTAGE REGULATOR AND ALTERNATOR REPLACED.

## Other reports on N6522V (1)

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

- [Accident 19900927043399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900927043399A), Sep 27, 1990: Cessna 172RG (N6522V), Brothers, OR, Substantial damage. Flying low over area of elk was unable to outclimb rising terrain. Stalled into trees.

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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