# Incident 19920902040929I: Cessna 172N, Portland, ME, September 2, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1992, 21:45 local time
- Place: Portland, ME
- Airport: Portland International Jetport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6456° N, 70.3086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTLAND INTL JETPORT (PWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6456&lon=-70.3086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N739EP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N739EP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 25 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920902040929I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED ON APPROACH TO OXFORD. FLEW TO PORTLAND. LANDED SAFELY. ALTERNATOR FAILED.

## Other reports on N739EP (3)

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

- [Accident 19930807028029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930807028029A), Aug 7, 1993: Cessna 172N (N739EP), Leeds, ME, Substantial damage. Circling low over a lake. Wing hit trees. Was torn off. Descended through trees into lake.
- [Accident 19820517016359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820517016359A), May 17, 1982: Cessna 172N (N739EP), Tabera, NY, Substantial damage. Aircraft ran off end of short sod runway. Pilot claims grass was slippery, runway was 1500 feet long.
- [Accident 19810119002219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810119002219A), Jan 19, 1981: Cessna 172N (N739EP), Syracuse, NY, Substantial damage. Engine quit on short final. Nosed over in snow short of runway. Failed to use carbureator heat.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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