# Incident 20090313004889I: Cirrus SR20, Melbourne, FL, March 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 13, 2009, 11:18 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N819CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N819CD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,700 total, 150 in this make and model, 225 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090313004889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES SOUTHEAST OF FT. PIERCE ON A FLIGHT FROM MLB TO MYEH (ELUTHERA, BAHAMAS) THE AIRCRAFT'S LOW VOLTAGE LIGHT ILLUMINATED.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN LOSING AMPERAGE AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WERE CHECKED AND RESET WITH DECREASING VOLTAGE INDICATIONS.  THE P.I.C. BEGAN TO UNLOAD THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND ATC AS CONTACTED AND NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS DUE TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE.  THE P.I.C. CONTACTED MLG WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES SOUTH OF MLG AT AN ALTITUDE OF 7,000 FT.  MLB CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR LANDING AND AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR INJURY TO THE AIRCRAFT'S OCCUPANTS.  THE AIRCRAFT'S ELECTRIC FLAPS WERE ACTUATED AND THE AIRCRAFT'S POSITION AND LANDING LIGHTS WERE ON FOR LANDING.  UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS AT FAULT ANS SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED ON 03/20/09 AT 776.1 HRS.

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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