# Incident 20091218023239I: Cessna 310, Truckee, CA, December 18, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 2009, 11:53 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3201° N, 120.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TRUCKEE-TAHOE (TRK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3201&lon=-120.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5266A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5266A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,000 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/20091218023239I

## Narrative

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

AIRCARFT DEPARTED TRUCKEE AIRPORT (TRK) DIRECT TO SOUTH COUNTY AIRPORT (SAN MARTIN CA)THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 18,2009.  AFTER LEVELING OFF AT 9500 FT, MSL THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE TRUCKEE AIRPORT (TRK) WHERE THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED MANUALLY AND LANDED WITHOUT 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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