# Incident 20010628018339I: Amd FALCON2000, Lincoln, NE, June 28, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2001, 18:00 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- 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: N344GC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMD FALCON2000
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010628018339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2001, N344GC, AN AMD FALCON 2000, EXPERIENCED THE SEPARATION OF THE LOWER NUMBER ONE ENGINE COWLING AFTER DEPARTURE FROM THE LINCOLN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WHILE CLIMBING THROUGH 10,000 FEET MSL EXPERIENCED AN AIRFRAME SHUTTER AND THE CREW ELECTED TO RETURN TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT WHERE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING WAS MADE ON RUNWAY 35L. MAINTENANCE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FORWARD LOWER COWLING LATCH WAS CLOSED AND ALL INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL, HOWEVER THE LATCH HOOK HAD ENGAGED ON THE AFT SIDE OF THE PIN END OUTSIDE OF THE FORK, ALLOWING THE COWLING TO DROP INTO THE AIRSTREAM.  THIS FLEET OF AIRCRAFT HAS A HISTORY OF INCIDENTS WITH THE LOWER COWLING COMING OPEN AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS ISSUED FALCON 2000 SERVICE BULLETIN 133, REVISION 1, FALCON SERVICE ADVISORY 2000/54-20/03, FALCON OPERATOR COMMUNIQUE 07/02/01, AND HAS FALCON 2000 SERVICE BULLETIN 166, TITLED NACELLES AND PYLONS IMPROVEMENT TO ENGINE COWLING ATTACHMENTS, PENDING.  THE NUMBER ONE ENGINE RING COWL, UPPER AND LOWER BODY COWL, PRIMARY FUEL LINE, AND STARTER EXHAUST DUCT, WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED, AND THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO SERVICE.  A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT WAS SUBMITTED.

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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