# Incident 20080605847379I: Eclips ECLIPSEEA500, Chicago, IL, June 5, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 2008, 13:00 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Chicago Midway International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7858° N, 87.7525° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7858&lon=-87.7525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N612KB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ECLIPS ECLIPSEEA500
- Reported engine: PW610
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08IA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08IA152) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080605847379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON APPROACH TO MDW, RUNWAY 22L, IN GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS. AT 50 FT AGL PILOT APPLIED POWER TO ARREST EXCESSIVE SINK. THE AIRCRAFT MADE A NORMAL TOUCHDOWN AT 83 KTS BUT THEN THE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED TO 95 KTS. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE USE OF THE BRAKES. HE SOON REALIZED THE ENGINES WERE AT MAX POWER IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THEY WERE REDUCED TO IDLE. THE PILOT THEN ELECTED TO DO A "GO AROUND". ON DOWNWIND THE PILOT NOTICED "L AND R ENG CONTROL FAIL". IN ADDITION, THE AIRSPEED WAS RAPIDLY APPROACHING 190 KTS. HE INSTRUCTED THE FO TO LOOK UP THE QRH (QUICK REFERENCE HANDBOOK)PROCEDURE. THE RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE WAS TO SHUT DOWN THE AFFECTED ENGINE. HE THEN REDUCED THE RIGHT ENGINE TO IDLE AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT ALL OF SUDDEN DECELERATED TO 90 KNOTS AND THE STALL WARNING HORN BEGAN GOING OFF. THE PILOT LOOKED AT THE ENGINE INDICATIONS AND THE LT ENGINE WAS NOW AT IDLE. HE CALLED MDW TOWER AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. MDW TOWER PERSONNEL CLEARED HIM TO LAND ON ANY RUNWAY.  THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT MDW. ON LANDING THE PILOT NOTICED THAT BOTH TIRES WERE FLAT FROM THE BALKED LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI08IA152](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08IA152), Jun 5, 2008: Eclipse EA500 (N612KB), Chicago, IL, incident, no damage. Probable cause: The airplane manufacturer's inadequate software design requirements of the engine's full authority digital electronic controls (FADEC) fault logic that resulted in a simultaneous unrecoverable loss…

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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