19990526022619I

Incident

FAA incident report · Beech 1900D · Albuquerque, NM · May 26, 1999

Date: May 26, 1999 · 08:20 local
Place: Albuquerque, NM
Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
Operator: MASA
Aircraft: N114YV
Reported as: Beech 1900D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 13,800 total6,000 in this make and model281 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.

(-5) On may 26, 1999, at approximately 7:05 am MDT mesa airlines flight 105, a BE-1900D, taxied from the mesa ramp in Albuquerque, NM (abq) for takeoff when the right aux fuel cap fell off the aircraft. The crew was unaware of the situation and the flight departed abq enroute to Colorado springs, co (cos). When the company departure contact was made by the crew the station agent advised them to return so the cap could be reinstalled. The flight returned and landed without further complication. The cap was reinstalled and the flight departed again for cos. File closed.

As the FAA filed it

(-5) ON MAY 26, 1999, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:05 AM MDT MESA AIRLINES FLIGHT 105, A BE-1900D, TAXIED FROM THE MESA RAMP IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM (ABQ) FOR TAKEOFF WHEN THE RIGHT AUX FUEL CAP FELL OFF THE AIRCRAFT. THE CREW WAS UNAWARE OF THE SITUATION AND THE FLIGHT DEPARTED ABQ ENROUTE TO COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (COS). WHEN THE COMPANY DEPARTURE CONTACT WAS MADE BY THE CREW THE STATION AGENT ADVISED THEM TO RETURN SO THE CAP COULD BE REINSTALLED. THE FLIGHT RETURNED AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER COMPLICATION. THE CAP WAS REINSTALLED AND THE FLIGHT DEPARTED AGAIN FOR COS. FILE CLOSED.