# Incident 19951116045649I: Saab 340B, Philadelphia, PA, November 16, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 1995, 13:40 local time
- Place: Philadelphia, PA
- Airport: Philadelphia International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: PLGA
- Location: 39.8721° N, 75.2407° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILADELPHIA INTL (PHL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8721&lon=-75.2407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N363BE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N363BE-2004-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saab-Scania SAAB 340B (registry code 7860101, https://openairdocs.org/model/saab-scania-saab-340b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SAAB 340B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951116045649I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT N363BE DEPARTED PHILADELPHIA (PHL) AT APPROXIMATELY 1:40 PM AND DURING CLIMB THE #2 ENGINE OUTBOARD COWLING SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE OUTBOARD OF THE #2 NACELLE. FLIGHT #4590 RETURNED TO PHL WITHOUT INCIDENT. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND INTERVIEWED FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS. BOTH FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS STATED THAT THE OIL LEVEL WAS CHECKED ON BOTH ENGINES PRIOR TO FLIGHT #4590, REQUIRING THE OPENING AND PROPER LATCHING OF THE EFFECTED COWLING. THE OUTBOARD #2 ENGINE COWLING WAS NOT RECOVERED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE REPORTING FSDO CONSIDERS THE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION MATTER CLOSED.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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