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FAA incident report · Amtrdf KITFOX · Elmira, NY · August 15, 1998

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Date
August 15, 1998 · 14:00 local
Place
Elmira, NY
Airport
Elmira-Corning Regional
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N10PG
Reported as
Amtrdf Kitfox
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,292 total300 in this make and model
N10PGRegistered now · Graichen Peter K KITFOXS/N GRAICHEN-0002 · Built 1996Airframe modelGraichen Peter K KITFOXEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG

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What happened

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(-5)On August 15, 1998, at 1400, while on a VFR flight plan, Kitfox N10PG, was informed several times by the Elmira-Corning Regional Airport that the airport was closed with an air show in progress. Repeated requests were made to elm tower by N10PG to land the aircraft which resulted in the aircraft being turned over to the airboss. Airboss requested pilot to turn on landing and taxi lights and he would arrange to have him land. Upon turning on landing and taxi lights, the alternator circuit breaker tripped. The pilot informed the airboss that he was turning off all electrical power to reset the alternator breaker. The airboss declared an emergency and redirected traffic for N10PG to land immediately. The landing was uneventful. The pilot stated that he knew the alternator was unable to support the combined load of landing and taxi lights. The pilot stated that there was no schedule of electrical load for this aircraft. Subsequent correspondence and conversation with the pilot regarding the importance of a load chart resulted in the receipt of a such chart from the pilot on September 21, 1998. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-5)ON AUGUST 15, 1998, AT 1400, WHILE ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN, KITFOX N10PG, WAS INFORMED SEVERAL TIMES BY THE ELMIRA-CORNING REGIONAL AIRPORT THAT THE AIRPORT WAS CLOSED WITH AN AIR SHOW IN PROGRESS. REPEATED REQUESTS WERE MADE TO ELM TOWER BY N10PG TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT BEING TURNED OVER TO THE AIRBOSS. AIRBOSS REQUESTED PILOT TO TURN ON LANDING AND TAXI LIGHTS AND HE WOULD ARRANGE TO HAVE HIM LAND. UPON TURNING ON LANDING AND TAXI LIGHTS, THE ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIPPED. THE PILOT INFORMED THE AIRBOSS THAT HE WAS TURNING OFF ALL ELECTRICAL POWER TO RESET THE ALTERNATOR BREAKER. THE AIRBOSS DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND REDIRECTED TRAFFIC FOR N10PG TO LAND IMMEDIATELY. THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE KNEW THE ALTERNATOR WAS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE COMBINED LOAD OF LANDING AND TAXI LIGHTS. THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO SCHEDULE OF ELECTRICAL LOAD FOR THIS AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATION WITH THE PILOT REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF A LOAD CHART RESULTED IN THE RECEIPT OF A SUCH CHART FROM THE PILOT ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1998. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.