42.9634° N, 85.6681° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
July 24, 1997 · 12:15 local
Place
Grand Rapids, MI
Airport
Kent County International
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3765C
Reported as
AMD FALCON2000
Reported engine
CFE CFE73811B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
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: crew heard noise & small bump in controls while descending threw 270 k' at 300 knots over lake Michigan, aircraft landed at destination without incident. Taxied to hangar deplaned. Crew inspected aircraft found major pieces of lt. engine cowling missing & damage to fuselage & tail cone.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: CREW HEARD NOISE & SMALL BUMP IN CONTROLS WHILE DESCENDING THREW 270 K' AT 300 KNOTS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN, AIRCRAFT LANDED AT DESTINATION WITHOUT INCIDENT. TAXIED TO HANGAR DEPLANED. CREW INSPECTED AIRCRAFT FOUND MAJOR PIECES OF LT. ENGINE COWLING MISSING & DAMAGE TO FUSELAGE & TAIL CONE.