# Incident 19990603013999I: Beech C90, Richmond, VA, June 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1999, 18:12 local time
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Richmond International - Byrd Field
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500MS-2018-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech E-90 (registry code 1152914, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-e-90) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60A (registry code 52043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C90
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A27
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990603013999I

## Narrative

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

FUEL COP IMPROPERLY SECURED AFTER FUELDING. CAP CAME OFF IN CRUISE FLIGHT ALLOWING FUEL TO SYPHON OUT OF THE WING TANK. AIRCRAFT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING AT RIC WITHOUT INCIDENT. COUNSELED PILOT ON IMPORTANCE OF A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N500MS (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20120922021599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120922021599I), Sep 22, 2012: Beech E-90 (N500MS), Longmont, CO, Minor damage. On 09/22/2012 at approximately 1802 hrs. MDT, N500MS a Beechcraft model E-90 king-air aircraft sustained minor damage while landing at Longmont (klmo) airport,…

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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