# Incident 19990803023539I: Amd FALCON, Albany, NY, August 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1999, 16:30 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: WG6A
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N801SC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON
- People aboard: 11
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990803023539I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING A FLIGHT FROM NEWARK, NJ TO SARANAC LAKE, NY AT CRUISE AIRSPEED AND AT 17000 FEET ALTITUDE, THE LEFT ENGINE LOWER INBOARD AND LOWER OUTBOARD COWL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE INCIDENT HAPPENED APPROX. 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY, NY.  AFTER EXPERIENCING A BANG SOUND AND YAW, THE CREW DECIDED TO LAND AT ALB.  DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THE COWL ATTACH BRACKETS WERE BROKEN, EXCEPT FOR THE UPPER FORWARD ATTACHMENTS, PRIVACY DATA OMITTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                     CAUSING THE FRONT OF THE ENGINE COWL TO DROP, AND THE AIRFLOW PULLED IT FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE LOWER OUTBOARD COWL LANDED IN A RESIDENTS YARD WHILE THE LOWER INBOARD COWL REMAINS MISSING.  THE TOP COWL, INBOARD WING FLAP, OUTBOARD WING FLAP, AND THE ENGINE PYLON WERE ALSO DAMAGED.

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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