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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Beech 300BEECH · Detroit, MI · June 5, 2007

Date
June 5, 2007 · 08:15 local
Place
Detroit, MI
Airport
Coleman A. Young Municipal
Phase of flight
Engine Run-Up
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N214EC
Reported as
Beech 300BEECH
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A60A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
10,000 total2,000 in this make and model75 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 run-up pilot advanced throttles and heard a noise from the right side of the plane. The pilot said he thought the co-pilot may have moved his seat. With all systems normal the pilot took off. On climb out the pilot reported to ATC that he thought he had hit a bird. Upon reaching destination the pilot inspected the right propeller and found FOD damage to one blade suspecting the FOD to be concrete. The pilot then called kdet with a request to cancel the birdstrike occurrence. The pilot flew the 2nd leg back to kdet with known propeller damage. Right engine propeller picked up by h&s and taken to their pontiac repair facility. The propeller was determined to be beyond economical repair (ber). Pratt & whitney Canada mm 72-00-00 clearly defines under "l" the need for light overhaul and was further substantiated by pratt & whitney representative: privacy data omitted the need for light overhaul of the power section.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING RUN-UP PILOT ADVANCED THROTTLES AND HEARD A NOISE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PLANE. THE PILOT SAID HE THOUGHT THE CO-PILOT MAY HAVE MOVED HIS SEAT. WITH ALL SYSTEMS NORMAL THE PILOT TOOK OFF. ON CLIMB OUT THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATC THAT HE THOUGHT HE HAD HIT A BIRD. UPON REACHING DESTINATION THE PILOT INSPECTED THE RIGHT PROPELLER AND FOUND FOD DAMAGE TO ONE BLADE SUSPECTING THE FOD TO BE CONCRETE. THE PILOT THEN CALLED KDET WITH A REQUEST TO CANCEL THE BIRDSTRIKE OCCURRENCE. THE PILOT FLEW THE 2ND LEG BACK TO KDET WITH KNOWN PROPELLER DAMAGE. RIGHT ENGINE PROPELLER PICKED UP BY H&S AND TAKEN TO THEIR PONTIAC REPAIR FACILITY. THE PROPELLER WAS DETERMINED TO BE BEYOND ECONOMICAL REPAIR (BER). PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA MM 72-00-00 CLEARLY DEFINES UNDER "L" THE NEED FOR LIGHT OVERHAUL AND WAS FURTHER SUBSTANTIATED BY PRATT & WHITNEY REPRESENTATIVE: ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE NEED FOR LIGHT OVERHAUL OF THE POWER SECTION.