Beechcraft Single Piston Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Private; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 1400; Flight Crew Type 1100
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Air Traffic Control Provided Assistance; Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; Flight Crew Landed As Precaution; General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Procedure
During standard takeoff following a B737; engine cowl cover came unlatched and popped open. No event. Notified tower; entered right downwind and cleared to land. Returned to airport; landed and verified latched. Subsequent take-off uneventful.
Pilot reported that an engine cowl popped open during takeoff; resulting in a return to the airport.