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After rotation; BE99 pilot notices both sides of the aft left clamshell are open. Reporter returns for landing where clamshell departs aircraft into the propeller when reverse is selected.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 830504 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200904 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Airliner 99 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Takeoff |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 2500 Flight Crew Type 680 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I preflighted my airplane normally and did not notice anything out of the ordinary. Takeoff roll was smooth with no problems but after rotation I noticed the back half of the left clamshell came open. Both sides of the clamshell were open. I immediately asked tower to circle back around for a landing and made them aware of my problem telling them that an engine cowl had popped open. They cleared me to land. At this time I put the gear down. The gear lights did not illuminate and on pulling back the power; the warning horn came on. I recycled the gear and got a gear down indication and no horn. I asked tower to verify the gear down; which they did. On landing; I went through my normal routine of propellers forward and reversing the propellers. I barely had put the propellers in reverse when the cowl flew forward into the propeller. I called tower and told them I had lost my cowling on the runway. I taxied in and shut down normally.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: After rotation; BE99 pilot notices both sides of the aft left clamshell are open. Reporter returns for landing where clamshell departs aircraft into the propeller when reverse is selected.
Narrative: I preflighted my airplane normally and did not notice anything out of the ordinary. Takeoff roll was smooth with no problems but after rotation I noticed the back half of the left clamshell came open. Both sides of the clamshell were open. I immediately asked Tower to circle back around for a landing and made them aware of my problem telling them that an engine cowl had popped open. They cleared me to land. At this time I put the gear down. The gear lights did not illuminate and on pulling back the power; the warning horn came on. I recycled the gear and got a gear down indication and no horn. I asked Tower to verify the gear down; which they did. On landing; I went through my normal routine of propellers forward and reversing the propellers. I barely had put the propellers in reverse when the cowl flew forward into the propeller. I called Tower and told them I had lost my cowling on the runway. I taxied in and shut down normally.
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.