# Incident 19971026033939I: Cessna 182Q, San Luis Obispo, CA, October 26, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1997, 13:52 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo County
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2373° N, 120.6426° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY RGNL (SBP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2373&lon=-120.6426&mi=10
- Aircraft: N759GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N759GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182Q (registry code 2072732, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971026033939I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT; MR. THEODORE STANLEY TRAPP STATED THAT ON OCTOBER 26, 1997 AT 1330 PST, CESSNA AIRCRAFT, REGISTRATION NUMBER N759GL, EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AFTER TAKEOFF FROM SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AIRPORT. MR. TRAPP WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 2500 FEET WHEN HE INITIALLY EXPERIENCED THE MECHANICAL DIFFICULTY. HE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AIRPORT AND REQUESTED PERMISSION TO RETURN AND LAND HIS AIRCRAFT. THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER IMMEDIATELY GRANTED HIM PERMISSION TO LAND. MR. TRAPP LANDED THE AIRCRAFT, HOWEVER, ON LANDING ROLLOUT HE CONTACTED A RUNWAY LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND CONTINUED TO TRAVEL OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. HE TURNED HIS AIRCRAFT AROUND AND POWERED IT BACK ONTO THE RUNWAY AND SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE. AN INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON THE AIRCRAFT AND NO DAMAGE WAS VISIBLE. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PERSONS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR STATION AND TROUBLESHOT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE MALFUNCTION. THE TROUBLESHOOTING REVEALED THAT A FIELD WIRE WAS LOOSE ON THE ALTERNATOR. THE WIRE WAS REPAIRED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE. THE RUNWAY LIGHT ASSEMBLY THAT WAS CONTACTED BY THE AIRCRAFT WHEELS WAS NOT DAMAGED ONLY THE LENS WAS DISPLACED. NO PILOT DEVIATION INVOLVED AND NO 8020-11 WAS GENERATED. A COPY OF THIS REPORT WAS FURNISHED TO THE SJC FSDO OPERATIONS UNIT. THIS CONCLUDES THIS INVESTIGATION, THEREFORE, THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N759GL (1)

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

- [Incident 20100904044479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100904044479I), Sep 4, 2010: Cessna 182Q (N759GL), Aspen, CO, Minor damage. On 09/04/2010 at approximately 1235 MST, [privacy data omitted], flying N759GL, a Cessna 182Q, impacted and damaged two runway edge lights upon landing on…

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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