# Incident 19971211041559I: Cessna 310J, Richmond, VA, December 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 1997, 07:30 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3031L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3031L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310J (registry code 2074226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,080 total, 40 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971211041559I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON DECEMBER 11, 1997, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BCT EN-ROUTE TO BWI, WHEN THE PILOT DIVERTED TO RIC DUE TO A GENERATOR FAILURE AND LOSS OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SUCCESSFULLY AT 07:30 LOCAL TIME AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER EVENT. A CERTIFICATED REPAIR STATION TROUBLE SHOT THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND MADE THE FOLLOWING CORRECTIVE ACTION: REPLACED THE LEFT ENGINE GENERATOR BRUSHES AND CLEANED THE COMMUTATOR, AND REPLACED THE RIGHT GENERATOR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE BY THE REPAIR STATION. INCIDENT 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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