Service difficulty report · Unknown · Beech 99

Difficulty date
March 31, 2023
Submitted
April 11, 2023
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N238AL
Make and model
Beech 99
Aircraft serial
U238
Aircraft time
27,898 hours, 44,678 cycles
Part
Unknown
Condition
Unknown
Location
Unknown
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
A

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

What was found

PILOT GOT FUEL IN MORNING AND L WENT TO GO CHECK ON MECHANIC THAT WAS WORKING ON A SEPERATE ISSUE. PILOT NOTICED A FUEL TRUCK PULLNG AWAY SO PILOT WALKED OVER TO WINGS AND DID A CHECK OF THE CAPS AND THEY BOTH SEEMED TO BE IN PLACE. WHEN PILOT CAME BACK IN THE EVENING HE DID HIS NORMAL PREFLIGHT WALK ARAOUND AND AGAIN EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BE IN PLACE. PILOT LOADED CARGO AND TAXIED TO THE RUNWAY FOR TAKEOFF. AFTER LIFT OFF HE WAS CONTACTED BY THE FBO WHO SAID THEY SAW SOMETHING COMING OUT OF HIS RIGHT ENGINE/WING. PILOT LOOKED AND SAW THAT THE FUEL CAP WAS MISSING AND TURNED BACK TO THE AIRPORT AND LANDED AGAIN. AIRPORT OPS CHECKED THE RUNWAY AND FOUND THE CAP ON THE APPROACH END OF A SMALLER RUNWAY HE USED TO TAXI.

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