# Incident 20030415017229I: Cessna T303, Newburgh, NY, April 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2003, 22:36 local time
- Place: Newburgh, NY
- Airport: Stewart International
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5032° N, 74.0196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newburgh, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5032&lon=-74.0196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707RL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N707RL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T303 (registry code 2073820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T303
- Pilot flight hours: 1,633 total, 140 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030415017229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 27, AT KSWF AFTER REPORTING A RUDDER PROBLEM WHILE INBOUND. THE AIRPORT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING PERSONNEL RESPONDED, AND AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO RAMP WITH NO ADDITIONAL DISCREPANCIES. UPON INVESTIGATING, MAINTENANCE DISCOVERED THE BOLT HOLDING THE RUDDER TAB WAS NOT FASTENED, THE BOLT WAS DISCOVERED BY THE MECHANIC AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RUDDER ASSEMBLY DURING HIS FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE INSPECTION OF THE AREA. THE NUT AND COTTER PIN WHICH HOLD THE BOLT IN PLACE WERE NOT FOUND. PER THE CESSNA MODEL T303 100 HOUR INSPECTION THIS AREA IS TO BE INSPECTED. THE LAST 100 HOUR INSPECTION OF THIS AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTED ON 01/27/2003 AT 3572.5 HOURS. THIS WAS APPROXIMATELY 45.4 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. THE REQUIRED PARTS (BOLT, WASHER, NUT AND COTTER PIN) ARE REFERENCED ON PAGE 27-34 IN FIGURE 27-10 OF THE CESSNA MODEL T303.

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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