# Incident 20071111826569I: Cessna T210N, Millard, NE, November 11, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 11, 2007, 22:04 local time
- Place: Millard, NE
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2083° N, 96.1211° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Millard, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2083&lon=-96.1211&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6677N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6677N-2013-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T210N (registry code 2073456, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t210n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T210N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071111826569I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE ENROUTE FROM (GJT) GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO TO (OMA) OMAHA, NEBRASKA, WHEN HE EXPERIENCED TOTAL LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER AS HE WAS CLEARED TO 9000 FEET. AS THE PILOT WAS DESCENDING TO HIS ASSIGNED ALTITUDE, A BRIGHT BLUE FLASH EMITTED ACROSS THE INSTRUMENT PANEL TEMPORARILY BLINDING HIM. WHILE MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CYCLE THE AVIONICS POWER SWITCH AND THE MASTER SWITCH TO REGAIN ELECTRICAL POWER. THE PILOT CHECKED ALL OF THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS AND FOUND THEM TO BE NORMAL. THE ENGINE WAS NOT INTERRUPTED AND CONTINUED TO PRODUCE POWER. AFTER HIS FAILED ATTEMPTS TO REESTABLISH ELECTRICAL POWER, HE SPOTTED AN AIRPORT BEACON AND PROCEEDED TO LAND AT MILLARD AIRPORT (MLE), MILLLARD, NEBRASKA. THE AIRPORT RUNWAY LIGHTS WERE NOT ON AS HE CIRCLED TO LAND. A PERSON AT THE AIRPORT OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT CIRCLING AND SWITCHED THE RUNWAY LIGHTS ON. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PILOT AND HIS LONE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N6677N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19970315010169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970315010169A), Mar 15, 1997: Cessna T210N (N6677N), Janesville, WI, Substantial damage. (.4)The pilot reported the left main gear collapsed during the takeoff roll at an airspeed of 60 to 70 knots. The airplane came to rest off the left side of…

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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