# Accident 20020622012249A: Beech B300, Tulsa, OK, June 22, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 2002, 11:40 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Tulsa International
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1983° N, 95.8881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1983&lon=-95.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224CR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH B300
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW02LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA190) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020622012249A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON JUNE 22, 2002, AT 1140 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BEECH BE-300, MULTIENGINE AIRPLANE, N224CR, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING THE IN-FLIGHT SEPARATION OF A PORTION OF THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING DURING CRUISE NEAR TULSA, OKLAHOMA. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED BY PONCA CITY TRANSPORTATION AT PONCA CITY, OKLAHOMA, AND OPERATED BY FLIGHT CONCEPTS, INC., AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA, UNDER CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATED PILOT AND THE PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PLANNED CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED TULSA APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE FAA INSPECTOR, WHO RESPONDED TO THE ACCIDENT SITE, FOUND THE LOWER PANEL OF THE INBOARD LEFT ENGINE COWLING MISSING. THE INTEGRITY OF THE PRESSURE VESSEL WAS COMPROMISED FOR APPROXIMATELY 6-8 INCHES ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CABIN. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TULSA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (TUL) AT ABOUT 10:30 A.M ON JUNE 22, 2002. AT ABOUT TEN MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE LEFT ENGINE INBOARD REAR COWL SECTION RAISED INTO THE AIRSTREAM AN                                                   D WITHIN FIVE SECONDS THE COWL RIPPED OFF IT'S HINGE AND STRUCK THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE CREATING A HOLE IN THE AIRCRAFT SKIN, BELOW THE WINDOW AT FUSELAGE STATION 217. THE HOLE IN THE SKIN IS ABOUT SIX INCHES LONG AND ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH WIDE. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO TUL, LANDING WITHOUT FURTHER PROBLEMS.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW02LA190](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW02LA190), Jun 22, 2002: Beech BE-300 (N224CR), Tulsa, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight of the airplane resulting in the in-flight separation of the left engine inboard access door.

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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