# Incident 20020330008139I: Doug DC1030, Oranjestad, AA, March 30, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Oranjestad, AA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: CNMA
- Aircraft: N630AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N630AX-2012-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 (registry code 3023501, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-dc-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CF6-50 series (registry code 30018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cf6-50-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC1030
- Reported engine: GE CF650*
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020330008139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE OMNI AIR INTERNATIONAL (CNMA) CAPTAIN REPORTED UPON LANDING AT ORANJESTAD, ARUBA (AUA) ON 03/30/02 THAT THE CONTROL TOWER ADVISED THE CREW THAT A PIECE OF COWLING FROM THE TWO ENGINE WAS MISSING. DURING THE WALK AROUND THE CREW FOUND THAT THE #2 ENGINE LEFT FAN COWL MISSING FROM THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT N630AX ENGINE WAS WORKED ON THE DAY BEFORE 03/29/02, AT PORTSMOUTH/OLD PEASE AIRFORCE BASE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FERRIED TO BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (BOS) AND DEPARTED FOR AUA 03/30/02. THE FAN COWL LEFT THE AIRCRAFT BETWEEN BOS AND AUA. CNMA MAINTENANCE FOUND THE FAN COWL HINGES BROKEN OFF. CNMA REPORTED THAT THE UPPER HINGE ATTACHMENT POINTS WERE UNDAMAGED. IT APPEARED THAT THE HING ATTACHING HI LOCK FASTENERS HAD SHEARED OFF. ALL CNMA FLEET OF DC-10 AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED FOR DEFECTS ON THE FAN COWL'S HINGE, HINGE ATTACHING HARDWARE AND THE LATCH MECHANISMS. NO DEFECTS WERE REPORTED FOUND. CANNOT AT THIS TIME DETERMINE IF COWL LATCHES WERE INSTALLED PROPERLY, DUE TO THE FAN COWL WAS NOT RECOVERED. AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE IN CASE THE COWL WAS NOT PROPERLY LATCHED CNMA HAS REQUIRED THAT AN ENTRY MADE IN THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOG AND A REQUIRED INSPECTION BE ACCOMPLISHED. THIS WILL BE A REQUIREMENT ON OPENING ANY COWLING (FAN, REVERSER, OR CORE) ON THE #2 ENGINE.

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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