39.8721° N, 75.2407° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 7, 1990 · 13:32 local
Place
Philadelphia, PA
Airport
Philadelphia International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
BAQA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N117UP
Reported as
Bolkms BK117A3
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total200 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Experienced a cowling door separation while on maintenance test flight. Landed without incident.
As the FAA filed it
EXPERIENCED A COWLING DOOR SEPARATION WHILE ON MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.