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Air taxi captain reported not recognizing an unfastened cowl during preflight. Reporter caught the issue during taxi out.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1377106 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201608 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
On the reposition to base leg of a flight; I detected movement of the left engine cowl as I began to taxi for takeoff. I shut down; exited the aircraft and secured the left engine cowl. I inspected the rest of the aircraft; got back in and flew the return leg.the left side of the aircraft was away from the ramp lighting. I failed to use a flashlight on my preflight walk around and did not detect the unsecured cowl.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air taxi Captain reported not recognizing an unfastened cowl during preflight. Reporter caught the issue during taxi out.
Narrative: On the reposition to base leg of a flight; I detected movement of the Left Engine Cowl as I began to taxi for takeoff. I shut down; exited the aircraft and secured the left engine cowl. I inspected the rest of the aircraft; got back in and flew the return leg.The left side of the aircraft was away from the ramp lighting. I failed to use a flashlight on my preflight walk around and did not detect the unsecured cowl.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.