# Incident 20120813019779I: Cessna 402C, St. Louis, MO, August 13, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2012, 16:55 local time
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HYIA
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2611X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2611X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 7,900 total, 500 in this make and model, 97 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120813019779I

## Narrative

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

CAPTAIN ORDERED EVACUATION OF AIRCRAFT DUE TO SMOKE PRODUCED FROM MALFUNCTIONING RH ALTERNATOR.  MAINTENANCE FOUND RH ALTERNATOR AND VOLTAGE REGULATOR NEEDED REPLACEMENT.  EVACUATION WAS PRECAUTIONARY ONLY.  FAA DID NOT VISIT SCENE AS AIRCRAFT WAS ALREADY RETURNED TO SERVICE BY TIME OF NOTIFICATION.

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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