# Incident 20080803846569I: Cirrus SR20, Lincoln Park, NJ, August 3, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2008, 15:05 local time
- Place: Lincoln Park, NJ
- Airport: Lincoln Park
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9476° N, 74.3145° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN PARK (N07), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9476&lon=-74.3145&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128JF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N128JF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR20
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 875 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080803846569I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/03/2008, THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT BEING OPERATED BY THE SUBJECT AIRMAN DEPARTED RWY 01 AT N07 AT APPROXIMATELY 1505 EDT.  ON CLIMB-OUT, THE RIGHT HAND WING FUEL CAP DEPARTED THE AICRAFT AND STRUCK A GOLFER AT THE SUNSET VALLEY GOLF COURSE, PEQUANNOCK, NJ, ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.  THE GOLFER ONLY SUFFERED A BRUISE AND REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION.  THE SUBJECT AIRMAN, WHO IS ALSO THE AIRCRAFT OWNER, STATED THAT, PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT, HE REMOVED THE RIGHT HAND FUEL CAP AND ATTEMPTED TO FUEL THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE N07 SELF SERVE FACILITY.  WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO USE THE FUEL NOZZLE, HE NOTED THAT IT WAS LOCKED AN UNAVAILABLE FOR USE.  HE PLACED THE FUEL CAP BACK IN THE FUEL TANK FILLER AND PREPARED FOR DEPATURE.  HE STATED THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN UNUSUAL FOR HIM NOT TO SECURE THE FUEL CAP LOCKING TAB, BUT SUBSEQUENT EVENTS INDICATE THAT WAS THE CASE.  HE NOTICED THAT THE CAP WAS MISSING ON CLIMB OUT.  HE RETURNED AND LANDED ON RWY 01 AT N07 WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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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