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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech 95-C55 · Aiken, SC · May 28, 2016

Date
May 28, 2016 · 12:30 local
Place
Aiken, SC
Airport
Aiken Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2057W
Reported as
Beech 95-C55
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
6,500 total300 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

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.

Right fuel cap came off on climb out causing fuel to depart the fuel tank. Pilot returned for emergency landing and did not get the gear down before the aircraft contacted the ground.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT FUEL CAP CAME OFF ON CLIMB OUT CAUSING FUEL TO DEPART THE FUEL TANK. PILOT RETURNED FOR EMERGENCY LANDING AND DID NOT GET THE GEAR DOWN BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND.