# Incident 19970913030329I: Beech 95B55, Syracuse, NY, September 13, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1997, 20:57 local time
- Place: Syracuse, NY
- Airport: Syracuse Hancock International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1112° N, 76.1063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SYRACUSE HANCOCK INTL (SYR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1112&lon=-76.1063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N804DJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N804DJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 95-B55 (registry code 1152705, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 95B55
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970913030329I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1997 AT 2057 EDT, A BEECH B55, N804DJ, REGISTERED TO RICHARD S. BOVENDER, LANDED ON RUNWAY 10 AT SYRACUSE HANCOCK AIRPORT, NY AFTER EXPERIENCING TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND NEITHER THE PILOT NOR HIS PASSENGER WERE INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT, PA. MAINTENANCE FOUND BOTH THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT ALTERNATORS WERE LOOSE. THE RIGHT ALTERNATOR ATTACH BRACKET WAS MISSING A BOLT AND THE LEFT ALTERNATOR ATTACH ARM WAS BROKEN OFF. MAINTENANCE IS CURRENTLY WORKING THE PROBLEM AND REPAIR IS IN PROGRESS. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

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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