19931215051269I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Fokker F.27MK 500 · Lihue, HI · December 15, 1993

Date
December 15, 1993 · 20:33 local
Place
Lihue, HI
Airport
Lihue Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator
COEA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N980MA
Reported as
Fokker F27MK500
People aboard
45
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,266 total163 in this make and model163 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.

Right fiberglass non-structural wing fairing panels departed aircraft inflight. Panels not properly installed.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT FIBERGLASS NON-STRUCTURAL WING FAIRING PANELS DEPARTED AIRCRAFT INFLIGHT. PANELS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED.