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Incident

FAA incident report · Piper PA-31P · Baltimore, MD · January 9, 1993

Date
January 9, 1993 · 11:45 local
Place
Baltimore, MD
Airport
Baltimore-Washington International
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N99EG
Reported as
Piper PA31P
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total2,500 in this make and model65 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.

Both left side fuel caps separated from aircraft on takeoff. Returned. Landed safely. Fuel caps found on runway.

As the FAA filed it

BOTH LEFT SIDE FUEL CAPS SEPARATED FROM AIRCRAFT ON TAKEOFF. RETURNED. LANDED SAFELY. FUEL CAPS FOUND ON RUNWAY.