# Incident 20011213034849I: Cessna 182S, Bloomington-Nor, IL, December 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2001, 13:48 local time
- Place: Bloomington-Nor, IL
- Airport: Bloomington-Normal
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4758° N, 88.9699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4758&lon=-88.9699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N771SP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182S
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011213034849I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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