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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beechcraft B300 · Charlevoix, MI · July 17, 2021

Date: July 17, 2021 · 14:10 local
Place: Charlevoix, MI
Airport: Charlevoix Municipal
Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: O2GA
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N804UP
Reported as: Beechcraft B300
Reported engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,785 total

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.

On July 17, 2021, an incident report was generated for civil aircraft N804UP, a Textron aviation, inc. model BE-300-B300 with serial number FL-866 privacy data omitted the report stated that at approximately 1410 eastern standard time, ?shortly after departure from Charlevoix Municipal Airport (kcvx), located in Charlevoix, Michigan, the left engine cowling fell off into lake Michigan.? Two crew members were on board and no injuries were reported.

The crew stated that after departing runway twenty seven (27) at approximately three thousand (3000) feet above ground level, as the aircraft turned for their waypoint ?lyster?, the captain observed the left engine outboard access door had opened, started fluttering, departed the aircraft and fell into lake Michigan. The aircraft returned to kcvx and taxied to the ramp without further incident. The certificate holder was not able to recover the departed engine cowl door for inspection to determine the root cause.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 17, 2021, AN INCIDENT REPORT WAS GENERATED FOR CIVIL AIRCRAFT N804UP, A TEXTRON AVIATION, INC. MODEL BE-300-B300 WITH SERIAL NUMBER FL-866 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE REPORT STATED THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 1410 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, ?SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE FROM CHARLEVOIX MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCVX), LOCATED IN CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN, THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING FELL OFF INTO LAKE MICHIGAN.? TWO CREW MEMBERS WERE ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE CREW STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY TWENTY SEVEN (27) AT APPROXIMATELY THREE THOUSAND (3000) FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, AS THE AIRCRAFT TURNED FOR THEIR WAYPOINT ?LYSTER?, THE CAPTAIN OBSERVED THE LEFT ENGINE OUTBOARD ACCESS DOOR HAD OPENED, STARTED FLUTTERING, DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FELL INTO LAKE MICHIGAN. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO KCVX AND TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE CERTIFICATE HOLDER WAS NOT ABLE TO RECOVER THE DEPARTED ENGINE COWL DOOR FOR INSPECTION TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE.