- Difficulty date
- March 30, 2017
- Submitted
- June 15, 2017
- Operation
- General aviation
- Make and model
- Diamon DA40
- Aircraft serial
- 40N180
- Aircraft time
- 1,988 hours
- Engine
- Austro E4
- Engine time
- 1,966 hours
- Propeller
- Mtprop MTV6R
- Part
- Fuel Cap
- Part number
- D4D90281703
- Condition
- Broken
- Location
- Lt Wing
- Part time
- 990 hours
- Stage of operation
- IN
- How discovered
- V
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.
What was found
WING FUEL CAP INTERNAL BLACK PLASTIC RIB BREAKS OFF INSIDE THE LOWER FUEL CAP RETAINER ASSEMBLY.
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