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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 177RG · Lancaster, TX · February 14, 1989

Date
February 14, 1989 · 21:15 local
Place
Lancaster, TX
Airport
Lancaster Airport
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N2637V
Reported as
Cessna 177RG
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1B6
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
203 total9 in this make and model25 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.

Low voltage light and variation in VOR needle. Lost communication. Chose to land at Lancaster. Alternator failure.

As the FAA filed it

LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT AND VARIATION IN VOR NEEDLE. LOST COMMUNICATION. CHOSE TO LAND AT LANCASTER. ALTERNATOR FAILURE.

Other reports on N2637V · 3

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