FAA incident report · Cessna 402B · Houston, TX · October 28, 1984
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Right alternator failed in flight. Field wire had broken loose from alternator terminal.
RIGHT ALTERNATOR FAILED IN FLIGHT. FIELD WIRE HAD BROKEN LOOSE FROM ALTERNATOR TERMINAL.
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.