# Incident 20080407832889I: Cessna 560CESSNA, Pontiac, MI, April 7, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2008, 06:25 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland County International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BTAA
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N560CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N560CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560 (registry code 2076750, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D 5 series (registry code 52113, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-jt15d-5-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560CESSNA
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,749 total, 470 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080407832889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 7TH, N560CF, A CESSNA CITATION 560 DEPARTED OAKLAND PONTIAC AIRPORT (KPTK), WHICH WAS PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AFTER TAKEOFF, THE CREW NOTICED THAT BOTH FUEL LOW PRESSURE LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. AT THIS TIME, THEY ALSO STARTED EXPERIENCING OTHER INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL FAILURES, SUCH AS LOSS OF ELECTRONIC FLIGHT DISPLAYS, AIR DATA COMPUTERS, COMMUNICATION AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS. WITH OTHER FAILURE INDICATIONS SUCH AS AC FAIL 1&2, A REQUEST WAS MADE TO ATC FOR A NO-GYRO VECTOR BACK TO PTK. AT THIS TIME BOTH COMMS WERE LOST. THE CREW THEN SELECTED BATTERY SWITCH TO THE EMERGENCY POSITION AT WHICH TIME COMMUNICATIONS WERE REESTABLISHED. THE CREW THEN USED ALTERNATE PROCEDURES FOR SELECTING GEAR DOWN, BRAKING, AND USE OF THRUST REVERSERS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT PTK WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.

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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