20011213034849I

Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182S · Bloomington-Nor, IL · December 13, 2001

Date: December 13, 2001 · 13:48 local
Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
Airport: Bloomington-Normal
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N771SP
Reported as: Cessna 182S
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,200 total2,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During 14 CFR part 91 instrument meteorological conditions, the aircraft experienced what the pilot determined to be an alternator failure. The pilot requested to divert to pontiac (pnt). Air traffic cleared the flight for the GPS rwy 24 approach to pnt and asked if the pilot was declaring an emergency. The pilot replied affirmative. During the approach to pnt, air traffic informed the pilot that better conditions existed at central Illinois regional airport (bmi), Bloomington, IL. Pilot accepted vectors to bmi and landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED WHAT THE PILOT DETERMINED TO BE AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE. THE PILOT REQUESTED TO DIVERT TO PONTIAC (PNT). AIR TRAFFIC CLEARED THE FLIGHT FOR THE GPS RWY 24 APPROACH TO PNT AND ASKED IF THE PILOT WAS DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT REPLIED AFFIRMATIVE. DURING THE APPROACH TO PNT, AIR TRAFFIC INFORMED THE PILOT THAT BETTER CONDITIONS EXISTED AT CENTRAL ILLINOIS REGIONAL AIRPORT (BMI), BLOOMINGTON, IL. PILOT ACCEPTED VECTORS TO BMI AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.