# Incident 20070104000799I: Cessna S550, Louisville, KY, January 4, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 2007, 14:20 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Louisville International Apt
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811RG (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA S550
- Reported engine: PWA JT15D4
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 590 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070104000799I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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