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Incident

FAA incident report · Israel 1125 · Garden City, KS · November 8, 1996

Date
November 8, 1996 · 08:30 local
Place
Garden City, KS
Airport
Garden City Municipal
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N550M
Reported as
Israel 1125
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,600 total2,000 in this make and model150 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.

Narrative: aircraft departed bloomington, Indiana enroute to burbank, California. Aircraft encountered turbulence at FL 35,000 over Kansas. When the pilot went to the cabin to check on his passengers, he noticed fuel siphoning from under the left wing. A decision was made to make a precautionary landing at Garden City, Kansas. Pilot stated that a mechanic was employed to troubleshoot the problem and he ascertained that the screws at the fueling port were not properly torqued. The mechanic torqued the screws and approved the aircraft for return to service. The pilot stated that kal-aero of kalamazoo, Michigan had just completed some work on the aircraft and believed it was sb 1125-57-136R2 pertaining to this fueling port.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA ENROUTE TO BURBANK, CALIFORNIA. AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED TURBULENCE AT FL 35,000 OVER KANSAS. WHEN THE PILOT WENT TO THE CABIN TO CHECK ON HIS PASSENGERS, HE NOTICED FUEL SIPHONING FROM UNDER THE LEFT WING. A DECISION WAS MADE TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT GARDEN CITY, KANSAS. PILOT STATED THAT A MECHANIC WAS EMPLOYED TO TROUBLESHOOT THE PROBLEM AND HE ASCERTAINED THAT THE SCREWS AT THE FUELING PORT WERE NOT PROPERLY TORQUED. THE MECHANIC TORQUED THE SCREWS AND APPROVED THE AIRCRAFT FOR RETURN TO SERVICE. THE PILOT STATED THAT KAL-AERO OF KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN HAD JUST COMPLETED SOME WORK ON THE AIRCRAFT AND BELIEVED IT WAS SB 1125-57-136R2 PERTAINING TO THIS FUELING PORT.