# Incident 20031011029939I: Cessna 414, Fargo, ND, October 11, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2003, 12:03 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69681, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69681-2017-04-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 384 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031011029939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED GPZ FOR IFR FLIGHT TO WDG. WHILE ENROUTE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE AFTER PILOT TURNED ON PROP DE-ICE. THE PILOT MADE A VFR APPROACH TO FAR AND LANDED WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED AS HE HAD NOT FULLY EXTENDED THE GEAR MANUALLY. BOTH PROPELLERS, NOSE GEAR BELLCRANK, ALL ANTENNAS ON THE FUSELAGE BELLY AND SKINS WERE DAMAGED. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE RIGHT ALTERNATOR FIELD WIRE TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE CONNECTOR ON THE STUDE. REVIEW OF THE PILOT STATEMENT REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT BATTERY WAS DEAD PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT DUE TO THE DOOR LIGHT BEING LEFT ON AFTER THE LAST FLIGHT. THE PILOT HAD THE AIRCRAFT JUMP STARTED WITH EXTERNAL POWER AND PROCEEDED WITH THE IFR FLIGHT WITH A COMPLETELY DISCHARGED BATTERY. WHEN IFR, THE PILOT LOST ALL ELECTRICAL WHEN PROP DEICE WAS SELECTED. THIS LIKELY HAPPENED DUE TO THE BATTERY NOT HAVING ANY RESERVE AND THE LIKELY LOSS OF RIGHT ALTERNATOR LEAVING THE LEFT ALTERNATOR TO CARRY ALL LOAD WHICH IT COULD NOT DO.

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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