Beechcraft king air suffered the loss of an engine cowling inspection door in flight which then stru...

Attributes
ACN	827859
Time
Date	200903
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Super King Air 350
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Service/Access Door
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 16 Flight Crew Total 5900 Flight Crew Type 257
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Other Door Ejected

Narrative:

On descent the outboard inspection door on the right engine blew off and struck the tail causing skin damage. The flight proceeded with no flight problems and landed successfully with no injuries to the crew or passenger. The damage appears to be a structural failure of the latch pins that held the door in place. This incident occurred 43 minutes into the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Beechcraft King Air suffered the loss of an engine cowling inspection door in flight which then struck the tail.

Narrative: On descent the outboard inspection door on the right engine blew off and struck the tail causing skin damage. The flight proceeded with no flight problems and landed successfully with no injuries to the crew or passenger. The damage appears to be a structural failure of the latch pins that held the door in place. This incident occurred 43 minutes into the flight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Beechcraft king air suffered the loss of an engine cowling inspection door in flight which then struck the tail.