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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 525 · Springfield, IL · November 20, 2002

Date: November 20, 2002 · 16:00 local
Place: Springfield, IL
Airport: Capital Airport
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N525RA
Reported as: Cessna 525
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total600 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N525RARegistered now · Cessna 525S/N 525-0167 Airframe modelCessna 525

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) privacy data omitted in cruise 50 miles nw of kspi, battery overtemp light illuminated. Crew followed AFM procedures and turned the battery off. The light went out but came back on a few minutes later. Crew declared an emergency and diverted to kspi where an uneventful landing was made. Maintenance found a faulty battery overtemp sensor. A new battery and sensor were installed and the aircraft returned to service.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN CRUISE 50 MILES NW OF KSPI, BATTERY OVERTEMP LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CREW FOLLOWED AFM PROCEDURES AND TURNED THE BATTERY OFF. THE LIGHT WENT OUT BUT CAME BACK ON A FEW MINUTES LATER. CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND DIVERTED TO KSPI WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE. MAINTENANCE FOUND A FAULTY BATTERY OVERTEMP SENSOR. A NEW BATTERY AND SENSOR WERE INSTALLED AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.