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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Kansas City, MO · May 10, 2005

Date
May 10, 2005 · 23:45 local
Place
Kansas City, MO
Airport
Kansas City Downtown Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
DD5A
Aircraft
N88RH
Reported as
Piper PA32R300
Reported engine
Lycoming TIO540*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
9,300 total500 in this make and model380 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed will rogers world airport (kokc), Oklahoma city, OK, enroute to Kansas City charles b. wheeler Downtown airport (kmkc), Kansas City, MO, operating under 14 CFR 135 for safewing aviation company, inc., using the call sign swiftwing 723. During the flight, in the stillwater, ok area, electrical power was lost due to a malfunctioning alternator, resulting in a loss of aircraft communication radios and lights. The pilot continued the flight and landed at johnson country executive airport (kojc), olathe, KS, at approximately 2320 CDT. While on the ground at kojc, the pilot contacted personnel at the kmkc air traffic control tower (ATCT) using a cell phone, advised them of the electrical failure, and requested to land at kmkc using light gun signals. The aircraft then departed kojc at approximately 2328 CDT enroute to kmkc without operable aircraft radios or lights. The pilot received a landing clearance from kmkc ATCT via a light gun signal and landed the aircraft at approximately 2345 CDT. With this report, incident privacy data omitted is closed. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT (KOKC), OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, ENROUTE TO KANSAS CITY CHARLES B. WHEELER DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (KMKC), KANSAS CITY, MO, OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR 135 FOR SAFEWING AVIATION COMPANY, INC., USING THE CALL SIGN SWIFTWING 723. DURING THE FLIGHT, IN THE STILLWATER, OK AREA, ELECTRICAL POWER WAS LOST DUE TO A MALFUNCTIONING ALTERNATOR, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT COMMUNICATION RADIOS AND LIGHTS. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE FLIGHT AND LANDED AT JOHNSON COUNTRY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KOJC), OLATHE, KS, AT APPROXIMATELY 2320 CDT. WHILE ON THE GROUND AT KOJC, THE PILOT CONTACTED PERSONNEL AT THE KMKC AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER (ATCT) USING A CELL PHONE, ADVISED THEM OF THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE, AND REQUESTED TO LAND AT KMKC USING LIGHT GUN SIGNALS. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DEPARTED KOJC AT APPROXIMATELY 2328 CDT ENROUTE TO KMKC WITHOUT OPERABLE AIRCRAFT RADIOS OR LIGHTS. THE PILOT RECEIVED A LANDING CLEARANCE FROM KMKC ATCT VIA A LIGHT GUN SIGNAL AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT APPROXIMATELY 2345 CDT. WITH THIS REPORT, INCIDENT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED IS CLOSED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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