# Incident 20120314005109I: Cessna 172P, San Bernardino, CA, March 14, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2012, 15:30 local time
- Place: San Bernardino, CA
- Airport: San Bernardino International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0954° N, 117.2349° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SAN BERNARDINO INTL (SBD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0954&lon=-117.2349&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55515, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55515) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172P (registry code 2072436, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172P
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120314005109I

## Narrative

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

ALTERNATOR BELT FAILED AND SEPERATED IN FLIGHT, THEN RESTED ON EXHAUST SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N55515 (2)

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

- [Incident 20171214023379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171214023379I), Dec 14, 2017: Cessna 172P (N55515), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Pilot landed runway 7L and struck the propeller on the ground during the landing. Aircraft then veered off the runway to the left.
- [Incident 20120610012839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120610012839I), Jun 10, 2012: Cessna 172P (N55515), Fullerton, CA, Minor damage. Pilot stated after he touched down on main wheels, the right wing lifted up and caused him to veer off the runway to the left, and hit a taxiway sign. Winds…

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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