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– indication of a failed alternator on the left engine (the Baron has an alternator on
each of its two powerplants).
Checklist procedure calls for first verifying the true nature of the indication, by looking at the alternator loadmeter for that engine. Strangely in this case, the loadmeter for the left engine showed normal electrical generation – the alternator hadn’t died; something was causing a false indication on the annuniciator.
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Iwas in the right, front seat of a new Beechcraft Baron. My student, owner of the factory-fresh Beech, had smoothly taken off, beginning
a wide, standard-rate turn to the left, away from
the airport and toward our practice area. The morning was cool and bright, the sun muted through a thin layer of cirrus clouds far above.
Turning on course, we both noticed a flashing annunciator light on the glareshield directly in front of the pilot, almost at eye level. “ALT OUT,” it flashed
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