# Accident 20200212002659A: Cessna 560, Mineral Wells, TX, February 12, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2020, 15:27 local time
- Place: Mineral Wells, TX
- Airport: Mineral Wells Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7167° N, 97.5334° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7167&lon=-97.5334&mi=10
- Aircraft: N654CE (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW535A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 753 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200212002659A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 12, 2020, AT 1614 CDT, A CESSNA 560 ENCORE, BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N654CE, REGISTERED TO SC COLE AVIATION, LLC, EXPERIENCED THE RIGHT (NUMBER TWO) ENGINE COWLING CAME OFF.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM DALLAS/LOVE FIELD AIRPORT, TX (DAL) ON FEBRUARY 12, 2020, AT 1517 CDT, HEADING TO MIDLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TX (MAF).   THE SOLE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT MINERAL WELLS AIRPORT, TX (MWL).

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN20LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA082), Feb 12, 2020: Cessna 560 (N654CE), Aledo, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight separation of the upper and lower right engine cowlings for reasons that could not be determined based on available evidence.

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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