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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 182R · Salinas, CA · November 11, 2004

Date
November 11, 2004 · 19:15 local
Place
Salinas, CA
Airport
Salinas Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N6183E
Reported as
Cessna 182R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total200 in this make and model12 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) Pilot was on approach to Salinas airport when battery low voltage light illuminated. Pilot cycled alternator with no effect. Pilot declared an emergency and landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT WAS ON APPROACH TO SALINAS AIRPORT WHEN BATTERY LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PILOT CYCLED ALTERNATOR WITH NO EFFECT. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY.