SDR 2022F00400

Service difficulty report · Fuel Cap · Beech C90A

Difficulty date
October 13, 2022
Submitted
October 13, 2022
Operation
General aviation
Aircraft
N90EJ
Make and model
Beech C90A
Aircraft serial
LJ1306
Aircraft time
8,089 hours, 8,874 cycles
Part
Fuel Cap
Condition
Unlocked
Location
Zone 500
Stage of operation
TO
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
C, D

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 ON 13 OCT 2022, AIRCRAFT N90EJ WAS ON TAKE OFF ROLL FROM BIL TO XWA WHEN THE PILOT OBSERVED THE LEFT WING FUEL CAP POP OFF. THE PILOT ABORTED THE TAKE OFF AND RETURNED TO THE RAMP AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT WING FUEL CAP WAS REINSTALLED AND LOCKED DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TAXIED BACK TO THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED ON TO XWA WITHOUT INCIDENT.

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