# Incident 19980815040109I: Amtrdf KITFOX, Elmira, NY, August 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1998, 14:00 local time
- Place: Elmira, NY
- Airport: Elmira-Corning Regional
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1599° N, 76.8917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ELMIRA/CORNING RGNL (ELM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1599&lon=-76.8917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10PG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10PG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Graichen Peter K KITFOX (registry code 05602XB, https://openairdocs.org/model/graichen-peter-k-kitfox) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRDF KITFOX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,292 total, 300 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980815040109I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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