# Incident 19981004033679I: Cessna R182, Palm Springs, CA, October 4, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1998, 19:16 local time
- Place: Palm Springs, CA
- Airport: Palm Springs Regional Airport
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8297° N, 116.5067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALM SPRINGS INTL (PSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8297&lon=-116.5067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2333C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2333C) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 345 total, 24 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981004033679I

## Narrative

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

AFTER TAKEOFF FROM PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT, AT APPROXIMATELY 1900 PST, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. UPON RETURN TO THE AIRPORT THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAKE AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY LANDING. INVESTIGATION OF THE PROBLEM, BY A MECHANIC, REVEALED THAT THE CONNECTOR FOR THE GROUND WIRE FROM THE BATTERY HAD MINOR CORROSION AND WAS NOT ADEQUATELY TIGHTENED. THE COMBINATION OF THE CORROSION AND THE CONNECTOR NOT BEING COMPLETELY SECURED CAUSED THE INTERMITTENT LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. THE PROBLEM WAS ELIMINATED WHEN THE CONNECTOR WAS REMOVED, CLEANED AND REINSTALLED.

## Other reports on N2333C (1)

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

- [Incident 19921105053439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921105053439I), Nov 5, 1992: Cessna R182 (N2333C), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. Pilot forgot to lower landing gear. Landed gear up.

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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