20070104000799I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna S550 · Louisville, KY · January 4, 2007

Date: January 4, 2007 · 14:20 local
Place: Louisville, KY
Airport: Louisville International Apt
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N811RG
Reported as: Cessna S550
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney JT15D4
People aboard: 7
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total590 in this make and model104 in the last 90 days

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) During flight the right engine thrust reverser (tr) unlock annunciator light illuminated. The flight crew selected emer stow and completed that leg of the flight to naples FL without incident. Maintenance personnel disabled the tr in accordance with Cessna aircraft co. instructions and the aircraft began the flight back to Louisville KY. When the aircraft began its descent prior to landing, the right engine tr upper bucket departed the aircraft, striking the fuselage and the right horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft landed at Louisville KY (sdf) without incident. The missing tr bucket was recovered approximately 75 miles se of Louisville sdf.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING FLIGHT THE RIGHT ENGINE THRUST REVERSER (TR) UNLOCK ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FLIGHT CREW SELECTED EMER STOW AND COMPLETED THAT LEG OF THE FLIGHT TO NAPLES FL WITHOUT INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISABLED THE TR IN ACCORDANCE WITH CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO. INSTRUCTIONS AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN THE FLIGHT BACK TO LOUISVILLE KY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN ITS DESCENT PRIOR TO LANDING, THE RIGHT ENGINE TR UPPER BUCKET DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT, STRIKING THE FUSELAGE AND THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LOUISVILLE KY (SDF) WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE MISSING TR BUCKET WAS RECOVERED APPROXIMATELY 75 MILES SE OF LOUISVILLE SDF.