# Incident 20190317001519I: Cessna Aircraft Co 162, Bealton, VA, March 17, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2019, 19:15 local time
- Place: Bealton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Aircraft: N6048U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6048U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 162 (registry code 060005E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-162) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-200 series (registry code 17402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO 162
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 49 total, 23 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190317001519I

## Narrative

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

N6048U IS A 2011 CESSNA 162 SKYCATCHER OWNED AND OPERATED BY AVIATION

ADVENTURES LLC OF MANASSAS, VA. THE SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS LIGHT-SPORT A/W

DATE IS 3 JANUARY 2012 AND THE VALID CERTIFICATION ISSUE/EXPIRATION DATE

IS 19 JANUARY 2012/31 JANUARY 2012.

THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT WAS

STARTED WITH A POWER CART DUE TO LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE. UPON START NO

ABNORMAL INDICATIONS. DURING CRUISE FLIGHT LOW VOLTAGE ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT

ILLUMINATED. PILOT DID NOT REFERENCE THE POH BASED UPON A SUGGESTION

FROM GROUND PERSONNEL THAT THE ANNUNCIATOR MAY ACTIVATE AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES IN FLIGHT PILOT NOTICE DEGRADATION OF

ELECTRICAL POWER AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS. WEATHER INFORMATION AT 2355Z WAS

10SM OVC100 06/MO7. PILOT ATTEMPTED AT TO LAND 33L AT HWY WITH NO INDICATION OF AIRSPEED, NO TRIM AND NO COMMUNICATION. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED

THE RUNWAY, PORPOISED AND SEPARATED THE NOSE GEAR COMPLETELY WITH

SUBSEQUENT PROP STRIKE DAMAGE AND MINOR TAILCONE SKIN DAMAGE. NO INJURIES

OR SUBTSANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

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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