# Incident 19980706037769I: Beech 1900D, Lincoln, NE, July 6, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1998, 11:45 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: AMWA
- Location: 40.8509° N, 96.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN (LNK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8509&lon=-96.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18YV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18YV-2000-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 1900D (registry code 1154162, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-1900d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A6
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,200 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 280 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980706037769I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AFTER MAINTENANCE WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON THE RIGHT ENGINE, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LINCOLN, NEBRASKA (LNK). SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE RIGHT ENGINE COWL CAME LOOSE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LINCOLN AND THE RIGHT ENGINE COWL WAS SECURED. NO DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE MECHANIC HAD SECURED THE RIGHT ENGINE COWL AFTER MAINTENANCE. THE PIC PERFORMED A WALK AROUND INSPECTION. AFTER TAKEOFF THE RIGHT ENGINE COWL STARTED TO SEPARATE IN FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING IT WAS DISCOVERED THE COWL, WAS IMPROPERLY INSTALLED.

## Other reports on N18YV (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990725018709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990725018709I), Jul 25, 1999: Beech 1900D (N18YV), Omaha, NE. (-5)On July 25, 1999, Beechcraft 1900D, N18YV, operating under air midwest flight 5712, experienced and unsafe landing gear indication while enroute from…
- [Accident 19930103000589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930103000589A), Jan 3, 1993: Beech 1900D (N18YV), Fort Myers, FL, Substantial damage. Landing gear up scraped belly of fuselage on runway. Made go around and put gear down. Fuselage and prop damage.

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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