# Incident 19990126015169I: Bolkms BK117B2, AZ, January 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1999, 10:55 local time
- Place: AZ
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Aircraft: N134AE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOLKMS BK117B2
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,072 total, 54 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990126015169I

## Narrative

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

ENROUTE TO PICK UP PATIENT AT HOSPITAL, PILOT FELT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS TURBULENCE FOLLOWED BY A RUSHING AIR NOISE. PILOT SLOWED AIRCRAFT AND CHECKED AIRCRAFT FOR CAUSE OF NOISE. PILOT & CREW CONTINUED TO DESTINATION AND AFTE R LANDING, FOUND THAT THE #2 ENGINE COWLS HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT CAUSE MINOR DAMAGE TO ROTOR BLADES. FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY COMPANY PERSONNEL, REVEALED THAT THE PILOT DID NOT PROPERLY SECURE THE ENGINE COWLING ON PREFLIGHT.

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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