28.7131° N, 96.2279° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Palacios, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 2, 1983 · 13:27 local
Place
Palacios, TX
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
EMAA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N374NE
Reported as
Frchld FH227C
People aboard
36
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 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.
Left DC generator failed at cruise altitude. Generator control panel and voltage regulator were malfunctioning.
As the FAA filed it
LEFT DC GENERATOR FAILED AT CRUISE ALTITUDE. GENERATOR CONTROL PANEL AND VOLTAGE REGULATOR WERE MALFUNCTIONING.