# Incident 20060723020919I: Piper PA31310, Chattanooga, TN, July 23, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2006, 11:00 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N624ME, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N624ME) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060723020919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) REPAIR STATION RETURNED TO SERVICE AIRCRAFT N624ME, A PIPER PA-31-310 AFTER MX. THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING OPENED AND REMAINED INTACT IN FLIGHT ON A FLIGHT FROM MEM TO HILTON HEAD SOUTH CAROLINA. AIRPLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT KCHA. THE FOLLOWING INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT COWLING INBOARD LOCK FASTENERS WERE NOT LOCKED.

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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