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.
privacy data omitted Fiberglass failed at the junction of the fiberglass and metal strip at bottom of cowling. This failure in flight caused the cowling to be lifted up and torn loose from the rear mounting. The left side did not separate. Aircraft landed with cowling attached, flopping in the airflow.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FIBERGLASS FAILED AT THE JUNCTION OF THE FIBERGLASS AND METAL STRIP AT BOTTOM OF COWLING. THIS FAILURE IN FLIGHT CAUSED THE COWLING TO BE LIFTED UP AND TORN LOOSE FROM THE REAR MOUNTING. THE LEFT SIDE DID NOT SEPARATE. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH COWLING ATTACHED, FLOPPING IN THE AIRFLOW.
Other reports on N8701E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.