# Incident 20141224023449I: Beech 300, Darden, TN, December 24, 2014 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: December 24, 2014, 10:00 local time - Place: Darden, TN - Airport: Beech River Regional - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Descent - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 35.6564° N, 88.1954° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BEECH RIVER RGNL (PVE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6564&lon=-88.1954&mi=10 - Aircraft: N600KA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600KA-2025-04-25) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Beech 300 (registry code 1152930, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-300) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 300 - Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A - People aboard: 3 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 12,800 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141224023449I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE PILOT CANCELLED A FLIGHT ON 22 DECEMBER FROM ARA TO PVE BECAUSE OF A GENERATOR LOAD NOT BEING PARALLELED. THE PILOT, WHO ALSO HOLDS AN A&P CERTIFICATE, ARRANGED FOR A MECHANIC TO TROUBLESHOOT THE ISSUE ON THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THAT NEXT MORNING, THE PILOT OPENED THE COWL DOORS FOR THE MECHANIC IN ANTICIPATION OF HIS ARRIVAL. EACH COWL IS SECURED BY FOUR (4) LATCHES AND THREE (3) FASTENERS. WHEN THE MECHANIC ARRIVED, THEY DECIDED TO RUN IT FIRST SO HE CLOSED AND LATCHED THE DOORS BUT DID NOT INSTALL THE FASTENERS ASSUMING THEY WOULD NEED TO BE OPENED AGAIN. THEY SUBSEQUENTLY RAN THE ENGINES AND ADJUSTED THE GCU INSIDE THE CABIN, WHICH FIXED THE GENERATOR ISSUE. HE THEN GOT DISTRACTED BY AN IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ABOUT ANOTHER ISSUE WITH THE CABIN TEMPERATURE. EARLY THE NEXT MORNING, THE SAME PILOT PERFORMED THE PREFLIGHT AND DISTINCTLY RECALLS TOUCHING ALL OF THE LATCHES ON BOTH ENGINES COWLINGS AND THINKING "LOCKED", BUT COULDN'T REMEMBER NOTICING IF THE SCREWS WERE INSTALLED OR NOT. THEY DEPARTED ARA ENROUTE TO PVE AND WHILE FLYING AT 220 KNOTS INDICATED AIRSPEED AND 1,500 FEET-PER-MINUTE DESCENT INTO PVE, THE RIGHT ENGINE COWLING DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND HIT A RIGHT SIDE WINDOW CAUSING IT TO BLOW OUT ON DESCENT THROUGH 14,000 FEET. THE PILOT TURNED ON OXYGEN, DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY, AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY AT PVE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR EITHER OF THE TWO (2) PASSENGERS. ## Other reports on N600KA (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20240819017419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240819017419A), Aug 19, 2024: Beech 300 (N600KA), Asheboro, NC, Substantial damage. Subject aircraft landed at khbi with aircraft lower fuselage contacting the runway 3 veering left and exiting the runway coming to a stop approximately 200… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.