# Incident 20080623840049I: Cessna 172, Smithville, TX, June 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2008, 18:08 local time
- Place: Smithville, TX
- Airport: Smithville Crawford Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0282° N, 97.1670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SMITHVILLE CRAWFORD MUNI (84R), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0282&lon=-97.1670&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46AF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 153 total, 153 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080623840049I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 23, 2008, CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA 172, N46AF DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DURING FLIGHT BETWEEN FTW AND CRP.  PILOT FILED FLIGHT PLAN DEPARTING FTW-CRP.  DEPARTED FTW AT APPROXIMATELY AT 1545 AND WAS 40 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN, TX WHEN THE VOLT INDICATOR ON THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL LIGHTED.  THE ALTERNATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED (C.B.), PILOT TRIED TO RESET THE C.B., BUT POPPED AGAIN.  THE FUEL GAUGE LEVEL DECREASED AND THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL DISPLAYED LOW FUEL FOR BOTH TANKS.  AIRCRAFT LOST ALL RADIO COMMUNCIATIONS.  PILOT SQUAWKED 7700 AND LANDED AT SMITHVILLE, TX (84R).  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND DAYLIGHT VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED.  NOTE: AMERICAN FLYERS OF TEXAS, INC INSTRUCTOR STATED THEY COUNSELED PILOT AND ADVISED HER SHE SHOULD OF SQUAWKED 7600 VS 7700 AND EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENCE.

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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