# Incident 19990526022619I: Beech 1900D, Albuquerque, NM, May 26, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1999, 08:20 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International Airport
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MASA
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114YV (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 1900D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,800 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 281 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990526022619I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-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.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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