20040621011319I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VELOCITY XL RG · Laramie, WY · June 21, 2004

Date
June 21, 2004
Place
Laramie, WY
Airport
General Brees Field
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N188HL
Reported as
Amtr Velocityxlrg
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total55 in this make and model35 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) Aircraft landed on a closed runway and hit barricade lighting in the middle of runway. No persons were hurt in this matter. Further investigation revealed that the alternator power wire has blue tape on it at the connector. This allowed the power wire to not make good contact during flight, discharging the battery causing the electrical failure.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON A CLOSED RUNWAY AND HIT BARRICADE LIGHTING IN THE MIDDLE OF RUNWAY. NO PERSONS WERE HURT IN THIS MATTER. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ALTERNATOR POWER WIRE HAS BLUE TAPE ON IT AT THE CONNECTOR. THIS ALLOWED THE POWER WIRE TO NOT MAKE GOOD CONTACT DURING FLIGHT, DISCHARGING THE BATTERY CAUSING THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE.