# Incident 20050704014529I: Cessna 172RG, Grand Island, NE, July 4, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2005, 18:12 local time
- Place: Grand Island, NE
- Airport: Central Nebraska Regional
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9675° N, 98.3096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL (GRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9675&lon=-98.3096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N662NA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N662NA-2013-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172RG (registry code 2072438, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172rg) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172RG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050704014529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ENROUTE OMAHA (OMA) TO MCCOOK (MCK) WITH FLIGHT FOLLOWING. MINNEAPOLIS CTR ADVISED THEY LOST TRANSPONDER AND REQUESTED PIC TO SWITCH TO VFR CODE (1200). PIC NOTICED FREQUENCY LIGHTS ON RADIOS GOING DIM AND THE ELECTRIC FUEL GAUGE READING LOW. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE REMAINING FUEL AND, USING PORTABLE GPS, NEAREST AIRPORT WAS SELECTED AS GRAND ISLAND (GRI). LANDING GEAR REQUIRED MANUAL LOWERING DUE TO LACK OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. PIC ATTEMPTED TO RAISE TOWER BY CIRCLING AND LOOKING FOR A LIGHT BUT DID NOT GET ONE. PIC ELECTED TO LAND AT GRI. AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED INTO GRASS NEXT TO RUNWAY. NO DAMAGE, NO INJURY. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE ALTERNATOR FIELD CIRCUIT BREAKER FAULTY.

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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