Aircraft reports engine trouble before landing at Salinas Airport


The audio reports an aircraft experiencing engine or electrical problems while approaching Salinas Airport with fuel on board.
Audio|Source: Salinas Fire Dispatch - Command 33
01:20
Transcript:
(name withheld) 4, (name withheld) 3, (name withheld) 2. Sponsor an alert to aircraft with engine trouble. In the airport in 4 minutes, 3 Mortensen Avenue across the skyline is working in 209. Statement 3, (name withheld) 3, (name withheld) 3, (name withheld) 5, medication 4. Copy responding. One full of the board. Our tail member is November 8486. Mike. Landing memory 31, less than four minutes out, has an alternator or electrical treble. Sixty-eight gallons of fuel on board. Truck two, copy house first. I have a second half. Are you just covering will be off of Air Tech 73[2]? The time has three copies. That's 273[1] for Airport Tower. We're in this hour from Salinas Battalion 3[3] on Tech 73. Our comment attention for that scene, we'll be stationed at the compass rose.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
273: Airport Tower
[2]
Tech 73: Fire radio tactical channel
[3]
Battalion 3: Fire Battalion unit
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Location mentioned:
Salinas Municipal Airport, 30 Mortensen Ave, Salinas, CA 93905
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