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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · AMD Falcond · Buffalo, NY · March 16, 1994

Date: March 16, 1994 · 15:11 local
Place: Buffalo, NY
Airport: Greater Buffalo International
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: BTYA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N815AA
Reported as: AMD Falcond
Reported engine: GE CF700*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,800 total1,400 in this make and model170 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.

Narrative: aircraft diverted to and landed at buf when crew heard unusual noise and felt vibration; landed without incident. Maintenance found inboard lower engine cowl opened in flight causing damage to inboard fairing, inboard r/h flap and FOD to engine fan compressor. The engine was replaced and repairs made to the flap and fairing and ferried back to home base. This incident is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO AND LANDED AT BUF WHEN CREW HEARD UNUSUAL NOISE AND FELT VIBRATION; LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND INBOARD LOWER ENGINE COWL OPENED IN FLIGHT CAUSING DAMAGE TO INBOARD FAIRING, INBOARD R/H FLAP AND FOD TO ENGINE FAN COMPRESSOR. THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED AND REPAIRS MADE TO THE FLAP AND FAIRING AND FERRIED BACK TO HOME BASE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.