Service difficulty report · Cowling · Beech 400A

Difficulty date
June 8, 2014
Submitted
June 12, 2014
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N555BY
Make and model
Beech 400A
Aircraft serial
RJ36
Aircraft time
5,815 hours, 4,753 cycles
Engine
Pwc JT15D5D
Part
Cowling
Part number
45AS35026002
Condition
Departed
Location
Rt Engine
Part time
5,815 hours, 4,753 cycles
Stage of operation
CR
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
E, A

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

ALL OF THE RT ENG PARAMETERS WERE LOST & A BANG WAS HEAR. THE ENG WAS SHUT DOWN AS A PRECAUTION & THE ACFT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. INVESTIGATION AFTER LANDING SHOWED THE RT OTBD & LOWER COWLS TO HAVE DEPARTED THE ACFT, ONE OR MORE STRIKING THE TAIL CONE & VERTICAL STABILIZER, NO PENETRATION OF SKIN NOTED. THE TOP INBD COWL WAS PARTIALLY DETACHED & CRUMPLED TOWARDS THE FUSELAGE. THE RETAINER STRAPS & COWL FASTENERS WERE LARGELY RETAINED WITH THE NACELLE STRUCTURE.

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