A C172 pilot reported complete electrical failure.

Attributes
ACN	1717953
Time
Date	202001
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Climb
Flight Plan	None
Component
Aircraft Component	Electrical Power
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 325 Flight Crew Type 30
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

A sudden yet gradual electrical failure occurred around 1;300 feet upon climbout. The first item to go out was the transponder to which tower called out 'aircraft; say position.' after he said this; my avionics started to get fumbly and my radios were beginning to get static. I did my best to inform ATC where I was and that I was losing my avionics; however; I could only hear receiving radio and could not transmit. I found it was unsafe to return to the congested airport so I flew to a different airport VFR and exercised extreme visual vigilance for other airplanes in the area as well as avoiding any airspace requiring radio communications. I flew well off the coast. I landed at a non-towered airport without incident.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C172 pilot reported complete electrical failure.

Narrative: A sudden yet gradual electrical failure occurred around 1;300 feet upon climbout. The first item to go out was the transponder to which Tower called out 'Aircraft; say position.' After he said this; my avionics started to get fumbly and my radios were beginning to get static. I did my best to inform ATC where I was and that I was losing my avionics; however; I could only hear receiving radio and could not transmit. I found it was unsafe to return to the congested airport so I flew to a different airport VFR and exercised extreme visual vigilance for other airplanes in the area as well as avoiding any airspace requiring radio communications. I flew well off the coast. I landed at a non-towered airport without incident.

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.