What was found
DURING CLIMB NR 2 ENG REAR LATCH ALLOWING APPROX 1/2 INCH GAP TO APPEAR ON INSIDE OF COWLING. REAR LATCH CAM HOOK BROKEN ALLOWING LATCH TO BE ROTATED TO CLOSED POSITION WITHOUT PROPER ENGAGEMENT WITH LATCH PIN.
- Difficulty date
- October 6, 2014
- Submitted
- October 6, 2014
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N77
- Make and model
- Beech 300BEECH
- Aircraft serial
- FF12
- Aircraft time
- 15,149 hours, 7,964 cycles
- Engine
- Pwa PT6A60A
- System (JASC)
- 7110 · Engine Cowling System
- Part
- Hook
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Nr 2 Cowling
- Stage of operation
- CL
- How discovered
- O
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- A
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.