# Incident 20070301002479I: Lear 31A, Fort Smith, AR, March 1, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2007, 08:00 local time
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ZEDA
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N181PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N181PA-2014-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gates Learjet 25D (registry code 5170514, https://openairdocs.org/model/gates-learjet-25d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: GE CJ610-8 (registry code 30123, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ge-cj610-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LEAR 31A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TFE7312B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,383 total, 2,170 in this make and model, 54 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070301002479I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MAINTENANCE AT THE SPRINGDALE, AR FACILITY PRIOR TO FLIGHT. MAINTENANCE CREW DID NOT SECURE LEFT ENGINE COWLING PROPERLY, PIC DID NOT NOTICE UNSECURED FASTENERS ON PRE-FLIGHT. COWLING DEPARTED AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT. LANDED IN FT. SMITH, AR. NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT EXCEPT FOR LOSS OF TOP COWLING AND DAMAGED LOWER COWLING.

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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