J0nathan225 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 Well had an experience today. After departing 9A5 I got up to 11000 feet and soon after (while IMC) my G2 showed low voltage and ammeter was reading 0, no load on generator. Checked circuit breaker it was not popped, I reset it twice anyways. All I got was a momentary spike on the ammeter then low voltage again. Time to turn off that, oh and that, lights? not required, bye bye com 2. I look over to my wife, it's her first time in the clouds, she's reading her book peacefully. "Center Mooney 5612Q is declaring an emergency I need vectors for the rnav into KMRN" (YES my location was perfect or so I thought). Well that got my wife's attention! More to follow:... We're driving to Virginia for my brother's wedding, I will reflect and have a healthy serving of scotch and continue my story, but we are on the ground so I can't complain. Jon. 6 1 Quote
DualRatedFlyer Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 Feel like this needs to be worked into the groomsman speech somehow... Glad you kept the dirty side down and are safe on deck. Look forward to your followup. 1 Quote
KLRDMD Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, J0nathan225 said: Well had an experience today. After departing 9A5 I got up to 11000 feet and soon after (while IMC) my G2 showed low voltage and ammeter was reading 0, no load on generator. Checked circuit breaker it was not popped, I reset it twice anyways. All I got was a momentary spike on the ammeter then low voltage again. Time to turn off that, oh and that, lights? not required, bye bye com 2. I look over to my wife, it's her first time in the clouds, she's reading her book peacefully. "Center Mooney 5612Q is declaring an emergency I need vectors for the rnav into KMRN" (YES my location was perfect or so I thought). Well that got my wife's attention! More to follow:... We're driving to Virginia for my brother's wedding, I will reflect and have a healthy serving of scotch and continue my story, but we are on the ground so I can't complain. Shouldn't the HSI run on just battery power for quite some time ? Or maybe the total electrical load sucked every electron out of the battery very quickly ? It sounds like there was a lot of electrical load at the time of the failure. Quote
carusoam Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 Great work Johnathen... Good to still have you here. Typical MSer, reporting details from a safe place. have a safe drive... Best regards, -a- See if somebody can post a FlightAware track... Quote
Boilermonkey Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 Well done, let us know the details so we can learn. Glad your wife kept cool too....or isolate the coms until your ready to talk ;-) Quote
J0nathan225 Posted October 10, 2018 Author Report Posted October 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, gsxrpilot said: Wasn't the prettiest. Quote
FloridaMan Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 If it ends up being a wire or the alternator, do yourself a favor. Have all wires replaced, not repaired and install a plane power alternator. You will continue to have these issues if wires or alternator are old. Not addressing this the FIRST time it happened resulted in a second time, which resulted in a post-maintenance engine failure that ended up with me on the ground and not on a runway. Quote
Yetti Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 Congrats on passing the test. I vote a wire/connector. Quote
jaylw314 Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 @J0nathan225, glad you are down safe. Have an extra drink on me tonight! For that matter, tell your wife to have an extra drink on me tonight. If that was her first time in IMC and she kept her cool, she deserves it! 2 Quote
1964-M20E Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 Good to hear you handled it well. Quote
Boilermonkey Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 Couldn't find the ATC. Do you remember what freq. you were on? Quote
201er Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 Well if you are here telling us, you must have done something right! Great job. Curious why you opted to shoot an approach rather than divert somewhere VFR? Any options? Quote
midlifeflyer Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 I will pass on what a friend (coincidentally a Mooney pilot) said to my wife after our adventure losing power in the clouds over the Rockies that same day: "Well, you can cross that one off." It was exactly what she needed to hear. (Not sarcasm). Good job! Quote
gsxrpilot Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 42 minutes ago, Boilermonkey said: Couldn't find the ATC. Do you remember what freq. you were on? Looks like he was on with Atlanta Center... but there are several frequencies. Quote
Hank Posted October 10, 2018 Report Posted October 10, 2018 1 hour ago, gsxrpilot said: Looks like he was on with Atlanta Center... but there are several frequencies. It's generally 125.5 here in Lower Alabama, not sure about that far north. Sometimes going to central NC, I'll have 3 or 4 frequencies for ATL Approach. Quote
bradp Posted October 11, 2018 Report Posted October 11, 2018 If you landed mrn there’s a MSC on field and @AGL Aviation will help you out. 1 Quote
AGL Aviation Posted October 11, 2018 Report Posted October 11, 2018 Oh goodness! Glad you got to the ground ok! I hate you didn’t make it to us! You landed in Davidson County? If you need some help you let us know! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Quote
FlyChickie Posted October 11, 2018 Report Posted October 11, 2018 Congratulations on a job well done! From one Mooney wife to another, tell her "Well done" as well. However, I did find it funny to "cross off" an off-field landing from a list of things to do - some sort of comic relief was necessary. If anything, I know we did it once and he could do it again if necessary. Enjoy the wedding festivities! 2 Quote
mike_elliott Posted October 11, 2018 Report Posted October 11, 2018 16 hours ago, J0nathan225 said: Well had an experience today. After departing 9A5 I got up to 11000 feet and soon after (while IMC) my G2 showed low voltage and ammeter was reading 0, no load on generator. Checked circuit breaker it was not popped, I reset it twice anyways. All I got was a momentary spike on the ammeter then low voltage again. Time to turn off that, oh and that, lights? not required, bye bye com 2. I look over to my wife, it's her first time in the clouds, she's reading her book peacefully. "Center Mooney 5612Q is declaring an emergency I need vectors for the rnav into KMRN" (YES my location was perfect or so I thought). Well that got my wife's attention! More to follow:... We're driving to Virginia for my brother's wedding, I will reflect and have a healthy serving of scotch and continue my story, but we are on the ground so I can't complain. Jon. Glad you are ok. Check the field wire to make sure it isnt broken. They tend to do that on the early Mooneys. Was Carlos's guys in there messing with anything? Lynn will get you fixed up. Quote
Bob_Belville Posted October 11, 2018 Report Posted October 11, 2018 15 hours ago, Boilermonkey said: Couldn't find the ATC. Do you remember what freq. you were on? Try 125.15. Quote
Bob_Belville Posted October 11, 2018 Report Posted October 11, 2018 11 hours ago, AGL Aviation said: Oh goodness! Glad you got to the ground ok! I hate you didn’t make it to us! You landed in Davidson County? If you need some help you let us know! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro @J0nathan225, hey Jon, let us know if we can help. (This is DrBill's E that Jon had me ferry to AGL while he was overseas.) 1 Quote
Seth Posted October 11, 2018 Report Posted October 11, 2018 Good job recognizing the issue, acting in a measured fashion, and quickly getting on the ground. Declaring the emergency made perfect sense. Did ATC even ask for paperwork or follow up? -Seth Quote
RobertGary1 Posted October 13, 2018 Report Posted October 13, 2018 Yea I’d be surprised if the fsdo didn’t call to make a report. It least that’s my experience. -Robert Quote
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