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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VK30 · Memphis, TN · September 8, 2005

Date
September 8, 2005 · 15:30 local
Place
Memphis, TN
Airport
General Dewitt Spain Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N420A
Reported as
Amtr VK30
Reported engine
Allison 250B17B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-23) Static/transponder and ELT were all current according to log book entries. Aircraft owner will be sending engine to repair shop for repair and has agreed to supply this office with a tear down report. Aircraft had accepted 37 gallons of jet a fuel before departure. Fuel farm was inspected. The farm manager had a sample taken from tank immediately after accident. Sample appeared to be adequate. Farm records reflect that millipore samples had never been accomplished. Farm manager was ignorant of ata 103 standards and unaware of requirements. A millipore check was accomplished and the wafer tested acceptable. The farm is an underground stainless steel vessel and was installed 18 months ago. This office has referred the farm manager to ata standards and suggested the recording system/quality monitoring and testing system be reviewed to meet standards.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STATIC/TRANSPONDER AND ELT WERE ALL CURRENT ACCORDING TO LOG BOOK ENTRIES. AIRCRAFT OWNER WILL BE SENDING ENGINE TO REPAIR SHOP FOR REPAIR AND HAS AGREED TO SUPPLY THIS OFFICE WITH A TEAR DOWN REPORT. AIRCRAFT HAD ACCEPTED 37 GALLONS OF JET A FUEL BEFORE DEPARTURE. FUEL FARM WAS INSPECTED. THE FARM MANAGER HAD A SAMPLE TAKEN FROM TANK IMMEDIATELY AFTER ACCIDENT. SAMPLE APPEARED TO BE ADEQUATE. FARM RECORDS REFLECT THAT MILLIPORE SAMPLES HAD NEVER BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. FARM MANAGER WAS IGNORANT OF ATA 103 STANDARDS AND UNAWARE OF REQUIREMENTS. A MILLIPORE CHECK WAS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE WAFER TESTED ACCEPTABLE. THE FARM IS AN UNDERGROUND STAINLESS STEEL VESSEL AND WAS INSTALLED 18 MONTHS AGO. THIS OFFICE HAS REFERRED THE FARM MANAGER TO ATA STANDARDS AND SUGGESTED THE RECORDING SYSTEM/QUALITY MONITORING AND TESTING SYSTEM BE REVIEWED TO MEET STANDARDS.