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Be-55 captain reported landing safely at destination after loss of left and right alternators enroute.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1539466 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201805 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AMA.Airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Baron 55/Cochise |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | AC Generator/Alternator |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 3800 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe |
Narrative:
During the cruise portion of flight; I was an hour from landing at ama when I had the left alternator fail on me. After running the checklist; the alternator was inoperative. Due to possible severe weather in okc; the closest airport; I elected to continue to amarillo and get it fixed. Weather was VMC. On descent to ama I lost the right alternator. I asked for priority landing at ama and advised ATC that I may lose contact but will contact approach 10 minutes out. They told me that was fine. I never lost communication with center. When I contacted approach and told them I had my transponder turned off to conserve power; they advised me I was cleared to land and they will roll the fire trucks. At this point; to be conservative; I elected to [advise ATC]. We landed with no further incident. Although I felt like I didn't violate anything and I was not in imminent danger; I felt that since fire trucks were dispatched that [advising ATC] was the proper thing to do.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE-55 Captain reported landing safely at destination after loss of left and right alternators enroute.
Narrative: During the cruise portion of flight; I was an hour from landing at AMA when I had the left alternator fail on me. After running the checklist; the alternator was inoperative. Due to possible severe weather in OKC; the closest airport; I elected to continue to Amarillo and get it fixed. Weather was VMC. On descent to AMA I lost the right alternator. I asked for priority landing at AMA and advised ATC that I may lose contact but will contact Approach 10 minutes out. They told me that was fine. I never lost communication with Center. When I contacted Approach and told them I had my transponder turned off to conserve power; they advised me I was cleared to land and they will roll the fire trucks. At this point; to be conservative; I elected to [advise ATC]. We landed with no further incident. Although I felt like I didn't violate anything and I was not in imminent danger; I felt that since fire trucks were dispatched that [advising ATC] was the proper thing to do.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.