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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 525A · Elko, NV · November 4, 2010

Date
November 4, 2010 · 12:00 local
Place
Elko, NV
Airport
Elko Regional
Phase of flight
Unknown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
Y7GA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N245SP
Reported as
Cessna 525A
Reported engine
Williams FJ-44 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
13,000 total1,400 in this make and model90 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.

Aircraft departed bfl the morning of 04 November 2010 enroute to eko. After leveling off at FL350 the crew noticed that the true airspeed was slower than expected. The crew checked all systems, flaps etc and found no abnormalities. Instruments were all reading normal. Upon landing at eko flight crew found #2 engine cowling had completely seperated from the aircraft. Crew is not sure at what point the cowl left the aircraft. Inspection of the aircraft in eko found 5 consecutive dzus fasteners missing in a critical area on lower inboard cowl just under pylon strut.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BFL THE MORNING OF 04 NOVEMBER 2010 ENROUTE TO EKO. AFTER LEVELING OFF AT FL350 THE CREW NOTICED THAT THE TRUE AIRSPEED WAS SLOWER THAN EXPECTED. THE CREW CHECKED ALL SYSTEMS, FLAPS ETC AND FOUND NO ABNORMALITIES. INSTRUMENTS WERE ALL READING NORMAL. UPON LANDING AT EKO FLIGHT CREW FOUND #2 ENGINE COWLING HAD COMPLETELY SEPERATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. CREW IS NOT SURE AT WHAT POINT THE COWL LEFT THE AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT IN EKO FOUND 5 CONSECUTIVE DZUS FASTENERS MISSING IN A CRITICAL AREA ON LOWER INBOARD COWL JUST UNDER PYLON STRUT.