# Incident 20050916021529I: Cessna 210M, Quincy, IL, September 16, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2005, 10:00 local time
- Place: Quincy, IL
- Airport: Quincy Municipal Baldwin Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9423° N, 91.1924° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at QUINCY RGNL-BALDWIN FLD (UIN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9423&lon=-91.1924&mi=10
- Aircraft: N210X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N210X-2009-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 210M (registry code 2073450, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-210m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 620 total, 500 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050916021529I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA^ WHILE ENROUTE FROM ST. CHARLES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MO TO ALTOONA, PA, ON AN IFR FLIGHT IN IMC CONDITIONS, THE INSTRUMENT RATED PRIVATE PILOT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER. THE AIRMAN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY UTILIZING A HANDHELD RADIO AND DIVERTED TO QUINCY, IL. THE AIRMAN SUBSEQUENTLY LANDED AT QUINCY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, IL WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. POST FLIGHT INSPECTION BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT QUINCY, IL REVEALED THE ALTERNATOR FIELD WIRE HAD BECOME UNATTACHED FROM THE ALTERNATOR. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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