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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 1900D · Phoenix, AZ · March 27, 1995

Date: March 27, 1995 · 13:25 local
Place: Phoenix, AZ
Airport: Phoenix Sky Harbor International
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator: MASA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N93ZV
Reported as: Beech 1900D
People aboard: 18
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,200 total6,000 in this make and model300 in the last 90 days

N93ZVRegistration cancelled May 15, 2009 · Beech 1900DS/N UE-93 · Built 1994 Airframe modelBeech 1900D Engine modelPratt & Whitney PT6A seriesTurbo-prop

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on March 27, 1995, a BE-1900D, N93ZV, operated by mesa airlines as flight 5012, departed Phoenix sky Harbor at approximately 1318 MST. After departure a passenger noted the #2 engine upper cowling was loose and informed the crew, the aircraft returned to phx using rwy 26R. Upon landing and application of the propeller reverse pitch, the engine cowling was drawn into the propeller causing the separation of two (2) blades of the 4 bladed propeller. The aircraft received minor damage to the right wing leading edge and outboard winglet. The aircraft had undergone maintenance prior to departure on the #2 engine fire loop system by mechanics employed by dyn air tech of AZ, inc.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 27, 1995, A BE-1900D, N93ZV, OPERATED BY MESA AIRLINES AS FLIGHT 5012, DEPARTED PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AT APPROXIMATELY 1318 MST. AFTER DEPARTURE A PASSENGER NOTED THE #2 ENGINE UPPER COWLING WAS LOOSE AND INFORMED THE CREW, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO PHX USING RWY 26R. UPON LANDING AND APPLICATION OF THE PROPELLER REVERSE PITCH, THE ENGINE COWLING WAS DRAWN INTO THE PROPELLER CAUSING THE SEPARATION OF TWO (2) BLADES OF THE 4 BLADED PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE AND OUTBOARD WINGLET. THE AIRCRAFT HAD UNDERGONE MAINTENANCE PRIOR TO DEPARTURE ON THE #2 ENGINE FIRE LOOP SYSTEM BY MECHANICS EMPLOYED BY DYN AIR TECH OF AZ, INC.