# Incident 20121002024199I: Aerospatiale AS 355F2, Lumberton, NJ, October 2, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2012, 14:45 local time
- Place: Lumberton, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: H4FA
- Location: 39.9659° N, 74.8052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lumberton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9659&lon=-74.8052&mi=10
- Aircraft: N808FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N808FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale AS 355F2 (registry code 8680825, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-as-355f2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20R (registry code 54183, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSPATIALE AS 355F2
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C20R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,100 total, 93 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121002024199I

## Narrative

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

MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT ON THE LEFT ENGINE (REMOVE, INSPECT, CLEAN & REINSTALL THE MAGNETIC CHIP DETECTOR PLUGS). THE MECHANIC  STATED HE CLOSED AND SECURED THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING AFTER HE COMPLETED THE MAINTENANCE TASK.THE PILOT ON 10/02/2012,  STATED: HE DEPARTED THE "FLYING W" AT APPROXIMATELY 14:30 HOURS WHEN HE GOT A CALL ON UNICOM FROM THE FLYING W THAT HIS LEFT ENGINE COWLING WAS OPEN. AS SOON AS THE PILOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT CALL HE HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN A FIELD.DAMAGE IS TO THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE.HE STATED HE NEGLECTED TO ENSURE THE COWLING WAS LATCHED PRIOR TO TAKEOFF.

## Other reports on N808FX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20101209054339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101209054339I), Dec 9, 2010: Aerospatial AS 355F2 (N808FX), East Windsor, NJ, Minor damage. Aircraft suffered bird strike (2 geese) at 1200' feet AGL, heading 060, over East Windsor, new jersey. Damage was found to be isolated to forward nose section…

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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