- Date
- October 24, 1982, 22:15 local (Oct 25, 1982, 03:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lansing, IL
- Injuries
- 3 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23388Cessna 172
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821024056489A
- Case key
- 71362
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft had a complete electrical failure & the plt made an emergency landing at Lansing. The plt was unable to lower the flap, & after encountering ground fog landed long, bounced, & ground looped to avoid running off the end of the rwy. Invest of the elect system revealed that an unidentifiable noise filter had been installed in the line of the output side of the alternator. Testing revealed that the noise filter developed voltage spikes that could increase line voltagemomentarily to 16 volts. The overvoltage sensor was inoperative. The sensor was probably tripped by excessive spiking on the line voltage which would turn off the alternator system illuminating the overvoltage warning light. However, the bulb was found burned out. This condition can usually be corrected by recycling the master switch to resume normal alternating charging.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23388
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17264086
- Airframe hours
- 2,770
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-F, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Southlake Aviation
- Registered owner
- Thomas G. Katsahnias
- Departed
- RFD · Rockford, IL
- Destination
- 05C · Griffith, IN
- Airport
- 3HA · Lansing, runway 27, 2,470 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 28 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Temperature
- 147 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.