# Incident 20201114014729I: Cessna 310Q, Parkersburg, WV, November 14, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2020, 21:15 local time
- Place: Parkersburg, WV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2613° N, 81.5434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Parkersburg, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2613&lon=-81.5434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7640Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7640Q-2021-10-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 642 total, 402 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201114014729I

## Narrative

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

ENROUTE TO DESTINATION AIRPORT PILOT EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER FIRST NOTED WITH ALTERNATOR WARNING LIGHT.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RESET CB.  PILOT CONTACTED INDY AND WAS DIVERTED TO PKB. DURING COMMUNICATION WITH PKB ATC AIRCRAFT LOST COMPLETE ELECTRICAL POWER. ON SHORT FINAL TO PKB PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND GEAR AND WAS UNABLE (ELECTRIC GEAR SYSTEM).  PILOT CONTINUED THE LANDING WITH GEAR RETRACTED.  ENGINES SHUT DOWN AND PILOT PERFORMED GEAR UP LANDING. DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO BOTH ENGINE PROPS, NOSE AND BELLY DAMAGE.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT ENGINE ALTERNATOR MAIN TERMINAL WIRES WERE BROKE FREE. BOTH 12V BATTERIES INDICATED 7 VOLTS EACH AND LESS THAN 20% CAPACITY.

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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