# Incident 20080717847509I: Eclips ECLIPSEEA500, Chicago/Prospe, IL, July 17, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 17, 2008, 17:00 local time
- Place: Chicago/Prospe, IL
- Airport: Chicago Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: CJ6A
- Location: 42.3495° N, 89.1503° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3495&lon=-89.1503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N875NA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: ECLIPS ECLIPSEEA500
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI08IA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08IA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080717847509I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 17, 2008 AT 1700 CDT ON A PART 91 FLIGHT FROM PINEDALE, WYOMING ENROUTE TO WHEELING, ILLINOIS AT APPROXIMATELY 250 KNOTS, 5,000 FEET MSL AND PASSING THROUGH CUMULUS CLOUDS OVER ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD.  ALL CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENTS INDICATED NORMAL OPERATION. THE FLIGHT CONTINUED TO WHEELING, IL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED SAFELY. NO INJURIES. NO FIRE. UPON COMPLETION OF FLIGHT, THE LEFT AFT WING/BODY FUSELAGE FAIRING WAS NOTICED MISSING.

## 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 CHI08IA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08IA200), Jul 17, 2008: Eclipse EA500 (N875NA), Rockford, IL, incident, minor damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of the forward edge of the left-hand wing-to-body panel, causing the fairing to separate from the airplane during an in-flight encounter with light turbulence. Contributing…

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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