RIGHT ENGINE COWL CAME OFF COMMUTER LTT AFTER TKOF AS ACFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 1000'. RETURN LAND.

Date: 1988-04 · Aircraft: Light Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turboprop Eng · Phase: climb

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-critical

Synopsis

RIGHT ENGINE COWL CAME OFF COMMUTER LTT AFTER TKOF AS ACFT WAS CLIMBING THROUGH 1000'. RETURN LAND.

Narrative

THE F/O PERFORMED THE PREFLT INSPECTION; (EXTERIOR) WHILE I RECEIVED OUR CLRNC AND PERFORMED THE INTERIOR INSPECTION. TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE NOBODY WAS NEAR THE ACFT. OUR INITIAL CLRNC FROM SPS WAS TO FLY HDG 150 AND CLB AND MAINTAIN 2300'. AFTER TKOF ON RWY 17 AT APPROX 1000' AGL; WITHOUT ANY PREVIOUS UNUSUAL INDICATIONS; THE R ENG COWLING CAME OFF AND THERE APPEARED TO BE A LOSS OF PWR ON THE R ENG. AT THE SAME TIME THE R PROP LEVER ADVANCED SUDDENLY. THE R TORQUE INDICATOR WENT TO ZERO AND THE ACFT YAWED TO THE R. THE F/O SAID THE ENG COWLING WAS OFF. WE PROCEEDED TO PERFORM THE 'ENG FAILURE ON TKOF AFTER V1' CHKLIST. THE R PROP DID NOT AUTOFEATHER; SO THE PROP LEVER WAS MANUALLY POSITIONED TO FEATHER. THE 'INFLT ENG SHUTDOWN' CHKLIST WAS PERFORMED. WE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED PRIORITY HANDLING BACK TO SHEPPARD AFB. WE MADE A R TURN BACK TO THE ARPT AND LANDED ON RWY 35 W/O FURTHER INCIDENT. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE R ENG; ENG COWLING; AND FUSELAGE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 85781. I STARTED THE PREFLT OF THE AIRPLANE JUST AS OUR COMPANY MANUAL STATES; WHICH INCLUDES CHKING THE ENG LATCHES; WHICH BY THE WAY I AM POSITIVE I DID.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.