Skywest E175 near Redmond on May 14th 2021, multiple generator failures

Last Update: May 16, 2021 / 20:01:52 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 14, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Skywest Airlines

Flight number
AS-3332

Departure
Seattle, United States

Destination
Fresno, United States

Aircraft Registration
N185SY

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-175

ICAO Type Designator
E175

A Skywest Embraer ERJ-175 on behalf of Alaska Airlines, registration N185SY performing flight AS-3332 from Seattle,WA to Fresno,CA (USA), was enroute at FL310 about 70nm south of Redmond,OR (USA) when the crew decided to divert to Redmond due to electrical problems on board. The aircraft landed safely on Redmond's runway 23 about 20 minutes later.

Passengers reported the lights in the cabin flickered a lot, the captain announced three of the four generators on board lost power (the passengers did not report about any unusual noises however).

The airline stated, the aircraft diverted to Redmond out of abundance of caution over a "mechanical indication" and added that the aircraft is equipped with several redundant electrical systems. The passengers were taken to hotels and continued their journey the following day.

A replacement Embraer ERJ-175 registration N171SY departed Redmond about 8 hours after N185SY had landed and reached Fresno with a delay of 9 hours.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Redmond about 37 hours after landing.
Aircraft Registration Data
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 14, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Skywest Airlines

Flight number
AS-3332

Departure
Seattle, United States

Destination
Fresno, United States

Aircraft Registration
N185SY

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-175

ICAO Type Designator
E175

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