# Incident 19990922028229I: Beech A36, Elmira, NY, September 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1999, 11:00 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: N2032K (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH A36
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990922028229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 AT APPROX. 1100 LOCAL, MR. WALTER EXPERIENCED AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE AT 6000' CRUISE IN A BE-36, N2032K. FLIGHT CONDITIONS WERE IMC.  MR. NEWTON REPORTED THAT BATTERY POWER LASTED FOR APPROX. 10 MINUTES AFTER WHICH HE CONTINUED FLYING BY COMPASS UNTIL REACHING VMC CONDITIONS.  MR. NEWTON THEN FOUND ELMIRA CORNING REGIONAL AIRPORT VISUALLY, RECEIVED LIGHT SIGNALS AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  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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