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GA small aircraft pilot noted alternator failure light and low manifold pressure shortly after takeoff. Made precautionary landing to investigate problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 115638 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198906 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 05c |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | climbout : intermediate altitude climbout : takeoff |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time total : 16172 |
| ASRS Report | 115638 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On jun/fri/89, small transport departed griffith airport (05C). Within 1 minute after takeoff at 1500' MSL a loss of manifold pressure was noted on left engine, along with alternator failure light. Aircraft made a normal landing to inspect cause of problem. The engine cowl was removed to reveal turbo overboard clamp failure that caused fire damage to aircraft wires and engine accessories in close proximity.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: GA SMA PLT NOTED ALTERNATOR FAILURE LIGHT AND LOW MANIFOLD PRESSURE SHORTLY AFTER TKOF. MADE PRECAUTIONARY LNDG TO INVESTIGATE PROBLEM.
Narrative: ON JUN/FRI/89, SMT DEPARTED GRIFFITH ARPT (05C). WITHIN 1 MINUTE AFTER TKOF AT 1500' MSL A LOSS OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE WAS NOTED ON LEFT ENGINE, ALONG WITH ALTERNATOR FAILURE LIGHT. ACFT MADE A NORMAL LNDG TO INSPECT CAUSE OF PROBLEM. THE ENGINE COWL WAS REMOVED TO REVEAL TURBO OVERBOARD CLAMP FAILURE THAT CAUSED FIRE DAMAGE TO ACFT WIRES AND ENGINE ACCESSORIES IN CLOSE PROX.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.