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Date
March 12, 2001 · 12:00 local
Place
Springfield, IL
Airport
Capital Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N312P
Reported as
AMD FALCON900EX
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
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.
(-23) Aircraft on flight from midway airport to Springfield Capital Airport. Aircraft landed and taxied to Garrett ramp. Upon exiting the aircraft the crew noticed that the left engine lower cowling was missing and the upper cowling mis-alligned.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT ON FLIGHT FROM MIDWAY AIRPORT TO SPRINGFIELD CAPITAL AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO GARRETT RAMP. UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE LOWER COWLING WAS MISSING AND THE UPPER COWLING MIS-ALLIGNED.