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Engine cowling fell off light transport air carrier aircraft during takeoff resulting in an uneventful return to land.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 247356 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199307 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 50 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lga |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 19000 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 247356 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 2250 |
| ASRS Report | 247359 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Maintenance checked right engine for possible fuel leak, found one. Write-up was signed off by mechanic. In our haste to be on schedule, the walkaround was done in a hurry. Apparently one engine cowling was not secured properly. It departed the aircraft shortly after rotation. We returned for an uneventful landing. Too often pilots assume mechanics will complete their work, but sometimes mistakes are made. Pilots must thoroughly inspect all known work done on an aircraft.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ENG COWLING FELL OFF LTT ACR ACFT DURING TKOF RESULTING IN AN UNEVENTFUL RETURN TO LAND.
Narrative: MAINT CHKED R ENG FOR POSSIBLE FUEL LEAK, FOUND ONE. WRITE-UP WAS SIGNED OFF BY MECH. IN OUR HASTE TO BE ON SCHEDULE, THE WALKAROUND WAS DONE IN A HURRY. APPARENTLY ONE ENG COWLING WAS NOT SECURED PROPERLY. IT DEPARTED THE ACFT SHORTLY AFTER ROTATION. WE RETURNED FOR AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. TOO OFTEN PLTS ASSUME MECHS WILL COMPLETE THEIR WORK, BUT SOMETIMES MISTAKES ARE MADE. PLTS MUST THOROUGHLY INSPECT ALL KNOWN WORK DONE ON AN ACFT.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.