# Incident 19990827032229I: Cessna P210N, Aspen, CO, August 27, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1999, 10:00 local time
- Place: Aspen, CO
- Airport: Aspen-Pitkin Co - Sardy Field
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: A2WA
- Location: 39.2219° N, 106.8682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ASPEN-PITKIN COUNTY/SARDY FLD (ASE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2219&lon=-106.8682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6413P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6413P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna P210N (registry code 2073454, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-p210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA P210N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990827032229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ASE, IFR TO SAF FOR AIRCRAFT REPOSITIONING AT APPROX. 10:00 MDT LCL, 8-27-99. THE PILOT REQUESTED A VFR DEPARTURE AND CLIMB PRIOR TO TAKEOFF. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE PILOT NOTICED THE LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT FLICKERING, INDICATING AN ALTERNATOR PROBLEM.  THE PILOT TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO TALK TO ASE TOWER, BUT RECEIVED NO REPLY.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO TURN RIGHT AND CLIMB VMC, SELECTED 7600 ON HIS TRANSPONDER AND CONTINUED TO TRANSMIT IN THE BLIND, THAT HE WAS CLIMBING VFR.  THE PILOT FURTHER ATTEMPTED TO TRANSMIT ON A HAND HELD RADIO, BUT HEARD NOTHING.  ABEAM ASE AT 13,000 FEET HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO SAF, VFR, THAN ATTEMPT A NO RADIO PROCEDURE AT ANOTHER AIRPORT IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN.  THE PILOT THEN SET 1200 ON HIS TRANSPONDER.  APPROACHING SAF THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED MANUAL.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.  DENVER CENTER NOTIFIED ASE TOWER THAT N6413P LANDED AT SAF.  THIS INCIDENT WAS INVESTIGATED BY THE ABQ FSDO, POI, 8-27-99, AND DETERMINED THAT NO FAR'S WERE VIOLATED.

## Other reports on N6413P (1)

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

- [Incident 19830714040389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830714040389I), Jul 14, 1983: Cessna 210N (N6413P), Camarillo, CA, Minor damage. Landed gear up. Blamed heavy traffic distraction.

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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