# Incident 20000417001879I: Cessna 337H, Connellsville, PA, April 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2000, 17:10 local time
- Place: Connellsville, PA
- Airport: Connellsville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0159° N, 79.5896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Connellsville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0159&lon=-79.5896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704ED (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 396 total, 185 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000417001879I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER.  INVESTIGATION REVALED THE BATTERY FAILED.  BATTERY VOLTAGE READ 23.6 VOLTS WITH NO LOAD.  WHEN LOAD WAS APPLIED BATTERY VOLTAGE DROPPED TO APPROXIMATELY 6.0 VOLTS.  BATTERY LOW VOLTAE CAUSED THE BATTERY CONTACTOR TO FAIL.  BALANCED OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM INTEGRITY OPERATIONAL.

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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