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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cndair CL6002B19 · Washington, DC · May 10, 2006

Date
May 10, 2006 · 08:30 local
Place
Washington, DC
Airport
Dulles International
Phase of flight
Final Approach-IFR
Operating rules
Foreign air carrier (Part 129)
Operator
NZAF
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
CFXMY
Reported as
Cndair CL6002B19
Reported engine
GE CF343A1
People aboard
41
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) Air Canada jazz flight 7656 while on final approach to runway 14, at Dulles int'l airport, the left engine lower cowl separated from it's attachment points and departed the aircraft. The cowl was recovered approximately 1500 feet from the runway threshold on airport property. An on scene investigation was conducted by FAA inspector privacy data omitted of the iad FSDO. The aircraft records indicated that the left engine cowl was not opened in the previous 12 flights and that improper installation or maintenance could not be positively determined as the cause. No further investigation into this incident is warranted at this time and the report is considered closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIR CANADA JAZZ FLIGHT 7656 WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14, AT DULLES INT'L AIRPORT, THE LEFT ENGINE LOWER COWL SEPARATED FROM IT'S ATTACHMENT POINTS AND DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE COWL WAS RECOVERED APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD ON AIRPORT PROPERTY. AN ON SCENE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY FAA INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DAT^ OF THE IAD FSDO. THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS INDICATED THAT THE LEFT ENGINE COWL WAS NOT OPENED IN THE PREVIOUS 12 FLIGHTS AND THAT IMPROPER INSTALLATION OR MAINTENANCE COULD NOT BE POSITIVELY DETERMINED AS THE CAUSE. NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION INTO THIS INCIDENT IS WARRANTED AT THIS TIME AND THE REPORT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.