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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aerosp AS355F2 · Detroit, MI · May 26, 1994

Date
May 26, 1994 · 21:35 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56CD
Reported as
Aerosp AS355F2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total300 in this make and model21 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 engine cowl door departed in flight. Struck rotors and tail rotor drive. May have improperly closed same.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT ENGINE COWL DOOR DEPARTED IN FLIGHT. STRUCK ROTORS AND TAIL ROTOR DRIVE. MAY HAVE IMPROPERLY CLOSED SAME.