# Incident 19961014037709I: Cessna T210M, Fort Lewis/Taco, WA, October 14, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1996, 12:10 local time
- Place: Fort Lewis/Taco, WA
- Airport: Gray Aaf
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0792° N, 122.5808° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRAY AAF (JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD) (GRF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0792&lon=-122.5808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6161N, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6161N) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210M (registry code 2073451, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210M
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,246 total, 1,225 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/19961014037709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N6161N DEPARTED IFR FROM BFI 10-13-96 UPON REACHING 11,400 FT. PILOT LOST ELECTRIC ALTIMETER FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF TX PDR AND RADION IN FLIGHT ELECTRICAL FAILURE. PILOT LANDED AT GRAYFIELD (FT LUISE ARMY BASE) MECHANIC FROM SPANA FLIGHT TROUBLESHOT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ON 10-14-96 COULD NOT DUPLICATE. 10-14-96 10:00AM PILOT DEPARTED GRAY FIELD EN ROUTE TO REDMOND, OR. UPON REACHING 6,000 FT PILOT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER AGAIN AND LANDED AT MCCHORD AFB. MECHANIC FROM SPANA FLIGHT TROUBLESHOT SYSTEM AND FOUND BAD ALTERNATOR. UPON CLOSER EXAMINATION FOUND BRUSHES WORN IN ALT. MAINT RECORDS DO NOT REFLECT WHEN ALT WAS REPLACED. MECHANIC FROM CENTURION AIR REDMOND, OREGON BELIEVES ALT WAS REPLACED BY ONE OF 4 OWNER/OPERATOR WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP. MECHANIC FROM SPAN FLIGHT R & R ALT AND ACFT RTN TO SERVICE. FILED M & D REPORT ON BAD ALT.

## Other reports on N6161N (2)

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

- [Incident 19920329023929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920329023929I), Mar 29, 1992: Cessna 210M (N6161N), Redmond, OR, Minor damage. Pilot stated he failed to lower gear. Landed gear up. Gear horn sounded. Pilot thought it was stall warning horn.
- [Incident 19820128003279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820128003279I), Jan 28, 1982: Cessna 210 (N6161N), Burley, ID, Minor damage. Zd landing aircraft hit snowbank along runway. VOR approac in snow.

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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