What happened
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(-23) On January 6, 2001, kitty hawk air cargo, inc. (gaia), flight 202, en route to sea from bil, returned to bil at 1750 MST and landed without incident. Investigation revealed that the pressure fueling door,located under the right leading wing of the a/c was not secured properly. The caused #6 leading edge slate to jam, during retraction on take-off at bil. This caused damage to the slat and the fuel door. Apparently two gaia flight crew members, the captain and the flight engineer, were assisting fueler at bil, who was performing manual refueling operation. It appears that no one secured the fueling door. Therefore gaia's flight crew who were involved in the fueling process, failed to comply with the gaia operation pre-flight procedures.privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JANUARY 6, 2001, KITTY HAWK AIR CARGO, INC. (GAIA), FLIGHT 202, EN ROUTE TO SEA FROM BIL, RETURNED TO BIL AT 1750 MST AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE PRESSURE FUELING DOOR,LOCATED UNDER THE RIGHT LEADING WING OF THE A/C WAS NOT SECURED PROPERLY. THE CAUSED #6 LEADING EDGE SLATE TO JAM, DURING RETRACTION ON TAKE-OFF AT BIL. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE SLAT AND THE FUEL DOOR. APPARENTLY TWO GAIA FLIGHT CREW MEMBERS, THE CAPTAIN AND THE FLIGHT ENGINEER, WERE ASSISTING FUELER AT BIL, WHO WAS PERFORMING MANUAL REFUELING OPERATION. IT APPEARS THAT NO ONE SECURED THE FUELING DOOR. THEREFORE GAIA'S FLIGHT CREW WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE FUELING PROCESS, FAILED TO COMPLY WITH THE GAIA OPERATION PRE-FLIGHT PROCEDURES.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
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