# Incident 20120118001949I: Rockwell International 690B, Vidalia, GA, January 18, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2012, 18:21 local time
- Place: Vidalia, GA
- Airport: Vidalia Regional Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1927° N, 82.3712° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VIDALIA RGNL (VDI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1927&lon=-82.3712&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55WJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55WJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 690B (registry code 7630516, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-690b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331-5&6SER (registry code 01515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-5-6ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL 690B
- Reported engine: AIRESEARCH TPE331-5&6SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 82 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120118001949I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT FUELED BY LANDMARK AVIATION IN NORFOLK, VA.  BEGAN FLIGHT WITH 2375 LBS. FUEL.  HOUR INTO FLIGHT FUEL READ 1200 LBS. COUNTER INDICATED 600 LBS USED.  PIC BELIEVED IT TO BE AN INDICATION PROBLEM.  FUEL LIGHT ILLUMINATED WITH 400 LBS INDICATED.  PIC BEGAN EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.  WITHIN 2 MINUTES BOTH ENGINES FLAMED OUT.  EMERGENCY LANDED AT VDI UNEVENTFULLY.  INSPECTION FOUND RIGHT WING OUTBOARD FUEL CAP MISSING WITH HALF OF CAP CHAIN WEDGED IN THE FUEL TANK BAFFLE PREVENTING CLOSURE.

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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