41.3032° N, 95.8941° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
September 13, 1985 · 09:50 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley Airfield
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
CCTA
Aircraft
N177CA
Reported as
Gulstm 500B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Fuel spillage due to siphoning from fuel cap. Chain was caught between neck of tank and cap.
As the FAA filed it
FUEL SPILLAGE DUE TO SIPHONING FROM FUEL CAP. CHAIN WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN NECK OF TANK AND CAP.