# Incident 20220707011839I: Cessna 560XL, Fort Dodge, IA, July 7, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2022, 08:45 local time
- Place: Fort Dodge, IA
- Airport: Fort Dodge Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5512° N, 94.1918° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT DODGE RGNL (FOD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5512&lon=-94.1918&mi=10
- Aircraft: N476JC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N476JC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 560XL (registry code 2076702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-560xl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C (registry code 52188, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw545c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 560XL
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PW545C
- People aboard: 8
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,161 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220707011839I

## Narrative

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

PRIOR TO THIS EVENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN MAINTENANCE FOR ENGINE HOT SECTION INSPECTIONS FROM 05/14/2022 - 06/21/2022 AND WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE.

AFTER MAINTENANCE CHECK THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER MAINTENANCE PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT.

FROM CRUISE FLIGHT AT FL380 AIRCRAFT HAD JUST STARTED A NORMAL DESCENT, AT FL360 CREW HEARD A LOAD NOISE AND INSTANTLY LOST THE RIGHT ENGINE.

THE INVESTIGATION REVELED THE PROBABLE REASON THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN IN FLIGHT WAS DUE TO THE COWLING DOORS DEPARTING THE ENGINE HITTING THE FUEL SHUT OFF VALVE CAUSING IT TO TRIP TO THE CLOSED POSITION SECURING FUEL FLOW TO THE RIGHT ENGINE.

THE INVESTIGATION  COULD NOT DETERMINE IF THE COWL DOORS WERE PROPERLY SECURED DUE TO THE COWLING DOORS AT THIS TIME HAVE NOT BEEN RECOVERED BUT PROBABLY DETACHED BECAUSE A NUMBER OF THE QUICK-RELEASE FASTENERS HAD NOT BEEN SECURED DURING MAINTENANCE.

## Other reports on N476JC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20260206005729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260206005729A), Feb 6, 2026: Cessna 560XL (N476JC), Danville, KY, Substantial damage. The crew completed all preflight, startup, and normal checklists, then back-taxied on the runway because the taxiways were icy. The pilot in command (PIC)…

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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