ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 382798
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| Date: | Friday 31 December 1982 |
| Time: | 09:15 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 210N |
| Owner/operator: | Air Exchange |
| Registration: | N6610Y |
| MSN: | 21064458 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 979 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-520-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Houston, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Addison, TX (C ) |
| Houston, TX (C ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ENROUTE IN IMC THE ACFT HAD A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE PLT DESCENDED TO VFR CONDITIONS & ELECTED TO LAND AT WEISER ARPT. THE PLT LOWERED THE GEAR ELECTRICALLY BUT DID NOT RECEIVE A GREEN DOWN & LOCKED INDICATION. HE THEN PUMPED THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION HANDLE BUT STILL DID NOT GET A GREEN DOWN & LOCKED INDICATION. THE MAIN GEAR RETRACTED DURING THE LANDING. HAD THE PLT CONTINUED TO MANUALLY PUMP HE WOULD HAVE LOCKED THE GEAR DOWN. THE ALTERNATOR FAN BLADE HAD SEPARATED & EXITED THROUGH THE ENG COWLING. THE RESULTANT VIBRATION CAUSED THE ALTERNATOR GROUND WIRE TO SEPARATE FROM ITS ATTACH POINT CAUSING THE TOTAL ELECTRICAL FAILURE.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW83LA074
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 May 1986 | N6610Y | Air Exchange, Inc. | 0 | Tyler, TX | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 17:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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