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Light sport aircraft instructor reported executing an uneventful diversion due to a total electrical failure during a training flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1735288 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | HQZ.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Light Sport Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Electrical Power |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying Instructor |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 136 Flight Crew Total 400 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical |
Narrative:
Called hqz tower at 6 miles out for inbound full stop taxi back. Hqz tower replies report 2 mile right base runway 18. Around 2.5 miles we are about to call and report our position. All electronics go out - no radio; transponder; flaps; etc. Only screen that worked was EFIS 1 and 2 which ran on batteries. I instructed student to keep flying while I pull out the poh and run an emergency checklist for electrical failure. Checklist doesn't work. I take controls and exit the airspace. We divert to ZZZ. Land on the ground; and immediately call hqz tower to let them know what happened; where we are; and that we are a-okay.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Light Sport Aircraft Instructor reported executing an uneventful diversion due to a total electrical failure during a training flight.
Narrative: Called HQZ Tower at 6 miles out for inbound full stop taxi back. HQZ Tower replies report 2 mile right base Runway 18. Around 2.5 miles we are about to call and report our position. All electronics go out - no radio; transponder; flaps; etc. Only screen that worked was EFIS 1 and 2 which ran on batteries. I instructed student to keep flying while I pull out the POH and run an emergency checklist for electrical failure. Checklist doesn't work. I take controls and exit the airspace. We divert to ZZZ. Land on the ground; and immediately call HQZ tower to let them know what happened; where we are; and that we are A-Okay.
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.