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Incident

FAA incident report · Dhav DHC8102 · Charlotte, NC · January 4, 1998

Date: January 4, 1998 · 21:25 local
Place: Charlotte, NC
Airport: Charlotte-Douglas International
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: SABA
Aircraft: N881CC
Reported as: Dhav DHC8102
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,800 total369 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

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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 lost right wing leading edge section between fuselage and right engine on takeoff. Aircraft climb rate decreased and acft started to vibrate. Pilot declared an emergency and returned to clt and landed without further incident. Cause of leading edge failure, maintenance failed to install the screws in the bottom side of the leading edge panel after the performance of an inspection in that area.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT LOST RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE SECTION BETWEEN FUSELAGE AND RIGHT ENGINE ON TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT CLIMB RATE DECREASED AND ACFT STARTED TO VIBRATE. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND RETURNED TO CLT AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. CAUSE OF LEADING EDGE FAILURE, MAINTENANCE FAILED TO INSTALL THE SCREWS IN THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE LEADING EDGE PANEL AFTER THE PERFORMANCE OF AN INSPECTION IN THAT AREA.