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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 172N · Albany, NY · July 3, 1987

Date: July 3, 1987 · 11:27 local
Place: Albany, NY
Airport: Albany County
Phase of flight: Climb
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N5342D
Reported as: Cessna 172N
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 342 total50 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N5342DRegistered now · Cessna 172NS/N 17272531 Airframe modelCessna 172N Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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.

Loss of electrical after takeoff IFR. Climbed on top, continued to area of VFR conditions. Alternator failure.

As the FAA filed it

LOSS OF ELECTRICAL AFTER TAKEOFF IFR. CLIMBED ON TOP, CONTINUED TO AREA OF VFR CONDITIONS. ALTERNATOR FAILURE.