ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366000
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| Date: | Saturday 27 October 1990 |
| Time: | 18:40 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172 |
| Owner/operator: | Global Air Inc. |
| Registration: | N738AP |
| MSN: | 17269827 |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-H2AD |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Portage, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Sandwich, IL (C48) |
| Antigo, WI (KAIG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PLT SAID THAT DURING A NIGHT CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE OCCURRED. AFTER TRYING TO FIND A NEARBY AIRPORT, AND CIRCLING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, A PRECAUTIONARY LDG WAS ATTEMPTED, WITHOUT FLAPS OR LIGHTS DUE TO THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE, ON A ROAD WHICH RESULTED IN A NOSE OVER. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE AIRPORT BEACON WAS INOPERABLE AND BRIGHTLY LIGHTED CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT THE AIRPORT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO LOCATE. LOOSE CONNECTIONS WERE FOUND ON THE BATTERY TERMINAL AND THE ALTERNATOR.
Probable Cause: THE PIC BECAME LOST AND DISORIENTATED AND PERFORMED A PREMATURE PRECAUTIONARY LANDING.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI91LA017
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 20-Mar-2024 16:21 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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