# Incident 19980208001029I: Cessna R182, Columbus, OH, February 8, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1998, 12:33 local time
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Ohio State University
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0795° N, 83.0732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY (OSU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0795&lon=-83.0732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N341JC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N341JC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna R182 (registry code 2072734, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-r182) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA R182
- Reported engine: LYC O540J3C5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,482 total, 968 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980208001029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 8, 1998, MR. WILLIAM D. WEHR, PRIVATE PILOT, CERTIFICATE NUMBER 282304417, AND ONE PASSENGER (WIFE), DEPARTED DON SCOTT FIELD, COLUMBUS, OHIO (OSU) AT 1233, EST IN A CESSNA (CE-182RG), N341JC, SERIAL NUMBER 18200577 ENROUTE TO WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND, FOR A FAR 91 LEISURE FLIGHT. AT 1237 EST, MR. WEHR STATED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AS HE RAISED THE LANDING GEAR. HE RETURNED TO (OSU) AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON RUNWAY 9R. DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF N341JC BY ASI JAY C. WILKINS AND PHILLIP D. TROUTWINE OF THE CMH FSDO DISCOVERED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY HAD NO ELECTROLYTE (WATER) AND APPARENTLY DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND PLACED ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, A SYSTEM OVERVOLTAGE OCCURRED AND REMOVED THE ALTERNATOR FROM PROVIDING AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL POWER, CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE.

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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