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Pilot reported experiencing a loss of alternator.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1744259 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202005 |
| 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 | M-20 J (201) / Allegro |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Electrical Power |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 520 Flight Crew Type 125 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
On a training flight to complete the cpl long cross country I experienced a loss of alternator power during climb from ZZZ. I returned to airport and alternator worked find on the ground. Decided to make return trip to ZZZ1 and after climbing out the fault reappeared upon retracting flaps. Since no maintenance was available at ZZZ the decision was made to continue the flight with radio mast off including transponder. Visual flight rules existed and see and avoid was used. To conserve batter power all radios and other equipment were turned off. Upon entering mode C required airspace (ZZZ2) the radio master was turned back on to transmit location and mode C. Gear was able to extend and flight terminated without incident. There was a period of around 140 NM in which no transponder data was transmitted; but flight safety rules were followed and an ipad with GPS and traffic was used to ensure proper separation from other aircraft. No incident occurred other than the travel without transponder transmitting data. Upon reaching ZZZ1 a panel under the horizontal stabilizer was found to be ripped in half. This doesn't seem to be related to the electrical failure and more due to fastener failures. Mechanic was called and all issues will be resolved promptly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Pilot reported experiencing a loss of alternator.
Narrative: On a training flight to complete the CPL long cross country I experienced a loss of alternator power during climb from ZZZ. I returned to airport and alternator worked find on the ground. Decided to make return trip to ZZZ1 and after climbing out the fault reappeared upon retracting flaps. Since no maintenance was available at ZZZ the decision was made to continue the flight with radio mast off including transponder. Visual flight rules existed and see and avoid was used. To conserve batter power all radios and other equipment were turned off. Upon entering Mode C required airspace (ZZZ2) the radio master was turned back on to transmit location and MODE C. Gear was able to extend and flight terminated without incident. There was a period of around 140 NM in which no transponder data was transmitted; but flight safety rules were followed and an Ipad with GPS and traffic was used to ensure proper separation from other aircraft. No incident occurred other than the travel without transponder transmitting data. Upon reaching ZZZ1 a panel under the horizontal stabilizer was found to be ripped in half. This doesn't seem to be related to the electrical failure and more due to fastener failures. Mechanic was called and all issues will be resolved promptly.
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.