# Incident 20211125022799I: Textron Aviation Inc B300, Farmingdale, NY, November 25, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2021, 18:00 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: O2GA
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N873UP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TEXTRON AVIATION INC B300
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,323 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211125022799I

## Narrative

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

NOV. 25, 2021. AN INCIDENT REPORT WAS REPORTED FOR CIVIL AIRCRAFT N873UP, A TEXTRON AVIATION, INC. AIRCRAFT, WITH SERIAL NUMBER FL-1068 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE REPORT STATED AT APPROXIMATELY SIX (6) P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME, DURING THE POST FLIGHT INSPECTION THAT THE CREW DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT HAND AFT ENGINE COWL PANEL HAD DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT. TWO CREW MEMBERS WERE ON BOARD AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

THE CREW STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTURE FROM GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBOS), LOCATED IN BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS, AT APPROXIMATELY THREE THOUSAND (3000) FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL, THEY FELT A BRIEF VIBRATION SIMILAR TO A NOSE WHEEL SHIMMY, BUT OTHERWISE THE FLIGHT WAS NORMAL. AFTER LANDING AT REPUBLIC AIRPORT, LOCATED IN FARMINGDALE, NEW YORK (KFRG), THE CREW DISCOVERED THAT THE OUTBOARD LEFT ENGINE COWL DOOR WAS SHEARED OFF WITH ONLY A SMALL PORTION NEAR THE HINGE REMAINING. THE CREW FURTHER STATED THAT DURING THE PRE-FLIGHT WALK AROUND, THE PILOT IN COMMAND OPENED THE FOUR ENGINE COWL DOORS AS PART OF THE AIRCRAFT ACCEPTANCE PROCESS AND THEN CLOSED AND LATCHED THE COWL DOORS ONCE COMPLETED.

. THE EXACT TIME AND LOCATION OF THE COWL DOOR SEPARATION FROM THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PIN POINTED AND COULD NOT BE RECOVERED.

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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