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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna T210L · Parkersburg, WV · June 10, 1988

Date
June 10, 1988 · 08:15 local
Place
Parkersburg, WV
Airport
Wood County Airport Gill Robb
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2181S
Reported as
Cessna T210L
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520H
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total35 in this make and model90 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.

En route transmitter problem then power surge followed by complete electrical failure, landed. Generator brushes.

As the FAA filed it

EN ROUTE TRANSMITTER PROBLEM THEN POWER SURGE FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE, LANDED. GENERATOR BRUSHES.