Service difficulty report · Cowling · Saab 340B

Difficulty date
October 17, 2013
Submitted
October 18, 2013
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N665PA
Make and model
Saab 340B
Aircraft serial
181
Aircraft time
50,422 hours, 41,598 cycles
Part
Cowling
Condition
Departed
Stage of operation
DE
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
D
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

ON APPROACH, CAPTAIN LOOKED OUT HIS WINDOW AND NOTICED THAT PART OF THE COWLING WAS MISSING. THE PIECE THAT WAS MISSING WAS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROP HUB. THERE WAS NO INDICATION (ENGINE GUAGES, VIBRATIONS OR NOISE) THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG. AFTER LANDING MORE DAMAGE WAS FOUND IN ADDITION TO THE MISSING PIECE OF COWLING ALL FOUR BLADES OF THE PROP WERE DAMAGED AND SOME PAINT WAS SCRAPED OFF BEFORE THE CARGO DOOR,

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