# Incident 20041111031959I: Cessna 182R, Salinas, CA, November 11, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2004, 19:15 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Airport: Salinas Municipal Airport
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6624° N, 121.6072° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALINAS MUNI (SNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6624&lon=-121.6072&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6183E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6183E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182R (registry code 2072731, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 200 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041111031959I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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