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A small high wing aircraft on initial climb at 1000 ft declared an emergency and diverted due to loss of all electrical power. Cause unknown.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 477295 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200006 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : luk.airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl single value : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sdf.tower |
| Operator | other |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Route In Use | departure : vfr |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 370 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 477295 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : departure |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : ammeter other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Normal takeoff. Everything was set -- radios, vors, lights, etc. Was climb out out of lunken field. Control tower airspace requested frequency change. They said not receiving transponder, so I recycled it and it did nothing. They told me frequency change approved. Changed to another frequency. Everything started flashing, popping and clicking. Recycled alternator twice -- no response. I shut down all electric except 1 radio and battery switch. Called lunken -- no response. Made several attempts -- no response. Heard more noises. Could not smell any smoke nor see any fire, but was afraid that there might be a fire. Immediately, I turned toward the runways, looked for traffic, and landed, shut down by firehouse.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A SMALL HIGH WING ACFT ON INITIAL CLB AT 1000 FT DECLARED AN EMER AND DIVERTED DUE TO LOSS OF ALL ELECTRICAL PWR. CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Narrative: NORMAL TKOF. EVERYTHING WAS SET -- RADIOS, VORS, LIGHTS, ETC. WAS CLBOUT OUT OF LUNKEN FIELD. CTL TWR AIRSPACE REQUESTED FREQ CHANGE. THEY SAID NOT RECEIVING XPONDER, SO I RECYCLED IT AND IT DID NOTHING. THEY TOLD ME FREQ CHANGE APPROVED. CHANGED TO ANOTHER FREQ. EVERYTHING STARTED FLASHING, POPPING AND CLICKING. RECYCLED ALTERNATOR TWICE -- NO RESPONSE. I SHUT DOWN ALL ELECTRIC EXCEPT 1 RADIO AND BATTERY SWITCH. CALLED LUNKEN -- NO RESPONSE. MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS -- NO RESPONSE. HEARD MORE NOISES. COULD NOT SMELL ANY SMOKE NOR SEE ANY FIRE, BUT WAS AFRAID THAT THERE MIGHT BE A FIRE. IMMEDIATELY, I TURNED TOWARD THE RWYS, LOOKED FOR TFC, AND LANDED, SHUT DOWN BY FIREHOUSE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.