- Date
- April 13, 1988, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N905FBEmbraer EMB-110P1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880413071019I
- Case key
- 22571
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The right engine upper cowling separated during initial climb, went rearward, and shattered a window at the right rearmost passenger seat which was not occupied. The pilot secured the engine and made an uneventful landing. The cowling separated due to excessive wear in the lower cowling guide pin holes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N905FB
- Reported as
- Embraer EMB-110P1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 408
- Engine
- P&W PT6-34, 750 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Atlantic Southeast Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- SPS
- Destination
- DFW · Dallas/Fortwort, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SPS · Sheppard Afb/Wichitafalls, runway 17, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,682 total · 900 in this make and model · 300 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SPS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.