# Incident 20250315003939I: Honda Aircraft Co LLC HA-420, New Orleans, LA, March 15, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 2025, 10:10 local time
- Place: New Orleans, LA
- Airport: Louis Armstrong New Orleans In
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.9933° N, 90.2590° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTL (MSY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.9933&lon=-90.2590&mi=10
- Aircraft: N718FH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N718FH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Honda HA-420 (registry code 4400000, https://openairdocs.org/model/honda-ha-420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HONDA AIRCRAFT CO LLC HA-420
- Reported engine: GE HONDA HF-120
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250315003939I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF A HONDA JET REPORTED  APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR INTO FLIGHT RECEIVED A LEFT ENGINE FAULT MESSAGE.  RAN CHECKLIST AND CONTINUED FLIGHT.  APPROXIMATELY 30 MIN LATER RECEIVED A LEFT ENGINE CHIP DETECT MESSAGE.  WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE LEFT ENGINE STARTED SURGING (ALL INDICATIONS) STARTED REDUCING THRUST ON LEFT ENGINE AND RECEIVED L ENGINE EXCEEDANCE MESSAGE FOLLOWED BY L ENGINE.  FLAMEOUT MESSAGE.  DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND CHOSE KMSY AS DIVERT AIRPORT.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED TO PARKING WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  THE MANUFACTURER'S TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED: THE INITIAL DISCOVERY ON SITE WAS THAT THE ENGINE RADIAL DRIVESHAFT DISENGAGED FROM THE ACCESSORY GEAR BOX, RESULTING IN AN ENGINE FLAMEOUT.  A REPLACEMENT ENGINE WAS INSTALLED TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE.  THE EVENT ENGINE (MODEL HF120, SN 883193) WAS SENT TO OUR MRO SHOP, HAS BEEN DISASSEMBLED AND ROOT CAUSE IS BEING INVESTIGATED. GHAE PRODUCT SUPPORT ENGINEERING HAS REPORTED THIS EVENT AS AN FMD TO THE FAA PER 14 CFR 21.3.

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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