What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On April 21, 2015, N11562, a Piper PA-28R-201 aircraft departed at 10:41 MST on a VFR cross country flight from phoenix sky harbor intl. (Phx) en route to joliet regional (jot). The pilot landed at sandia airpark (1N1) for a fuel stop, the pilot fueled the aircraft himself and departed (1N1) at approximately 1540 MST. Immediately after takeoff the pilot noticed the left wing fuel cap was missing and was losing fuel overboard. The pilot circled around to land on runway 27 and was focused on the fuel issue and landing immediately so intently that he neglected to lower the landing gear and did not realize it until the propeller struck the pavement. Subsequently the fuel cap was found approximately 100 feet from the departure end of the runway.
As the FAA filed it
ON APRIL 21, 2015, N11562, A PIPER PA-28R-201 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AT 10:41 MST ON A VFR CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM PHOENIX SKY HARBOR INTL. (PHX) EN ROUTE TO JOLIET REGIONAL (JOT). THE PILOT LANDED AT SANDIA AIRPARK (1N1) FOR A FUEL STOP, THE PILOT FUELED THE AIRCRAFT HIMSELF AND DEPARTED (1N1) AT APPROXIMATELY 1540 MST. IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT NOTICED THE LEFT WING FUEL CAP WAS MISSING AND WAS LOSING FUEL OVERBOARD. THE PILOT CIRCLED AROUND TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27 AND WAS FOCUSED ON THE FUEL ISSUE AND LANDING IMMEDIATELY SO INTENTLY THAT HE NEGLECTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND DID NOT REALIZE IT UNTIL THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE PAVEMENT. SUBSEQUENTLY THE FUEL CAP WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY.
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