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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Boeing 727-2S2F · Battle Creek, MI · June 20, 2014

Date
June 20, 2014 · 17:30 local
Place
Battle Creek, MI
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
VGCA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N216WE
Reported as
Boeing 727-2S2F
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney JT8D series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Number one engine vibration in flight, after landing performed walk around at which point discovered the left hand hydraulic access panel missing and a dent in left hand inlet cowling resulting in suspected FOD damage.

As the FAA filed it

NUMBER ONE ENGINE VIBRATION IN FLIGHT, AFTER LANDING PERFORMED WALK AROUND AT WHICH POINT DISCOVERED THE LEFT HAND HYDRAULIC ACCESS PANEL MISSING AND A DENT IN LEFT HAND INLET COWLING RESULTING IN SUSPECTED FOD DAMAGE.