19891019054059I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech M35 · Wilkes Barre Sc, PA · October 19, 1989

Date
October 19, 1989 · 19:40 local
Place
Wilkes Barre Sc, PA
Airport
Wilkes-Barre Scranton International
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N1CE
Reported as
Beech M35
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,215 total2,000 in this make and model35 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.

Complete electrical failure. Emergency landing without incident. Alternator brushes had shorted out.

As the FAA filed it

COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. EMERGENCY LANDING WITHOUT INCIDENT. ALTERNATOR BRUSHES HAD SHORTED OUT.