# Incident 20021120035409I: Cessna 525, Springfield, IL, November 20, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 20, 2002, 16:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital Airport
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N525RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N525RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 525 (registry code 2076601, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-525) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 525
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021120035409I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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