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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Canadair LT CL-600-2B16 · Santa Ana, CA · March 3, 2011

Date
March 3, 2011 · 10:00 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Airport
John Wayne
Phase of flight
Ground/Ramp/Ma
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N604WB
Reported as
Canadair LT CL-600-2B16
Reported engine
GE CF34
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total2,500 in this make and model25 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.

Pilot was rushed and forgot to remove the right engine inlet cover. Pilot started the engine and within 90 seconds the engine with the cover ingested the cover causing damage to the engine.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS RUSHED AND FORGOT TO REMOVE THE RIGHT ENGINE INLET COVER. PILOT STARTED THE ENGINE AND WITHIN 90 SECONDS THE ENGINE WITH THE COVER INGESTED THE COVER CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.