Service difficulty report · Fuel Door · Israel GALAXY

Difficulty date
September 8, 2016
Submitted
September 14, 2016
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N812FT
Make and model
Israel GALAXY
Aircraft serial
019
Aircraft time
7,453 hours, 4,176 cycles
Part
Fuel Door
Condition
Departed
Stage of operation
CL
How discovered
O
Nature of condition
J, E
Precautionary procedure
O

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

What was found

AIRCRAFT RECEIVED FUEL, CREW THEN TAXIED AIRCRAFT TO ACTIVE RUNWAY TO WAIT APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES. AT NO POINT DURING THEIR WAIT DID THE REFUEL DOOR ILLUMINATE ON EICAS. AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY AT 400-500 FEET ABOVE GROUND, THE REFUEL DOOR INDICATION ILLUMINATED ON IECAS. FELT A VIBRATION IN THE AFT RIGHT SIDE OF AIRCRAFT FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 TO 3 SECONDS. UP TO THAT POINT, ALL AIRCRAFT INDICATIONS WERE SMOOTH AND NORMAL. ELECTED TO CONTINUE SHORT LOW LEVEL FLIGHT BACK TO HOME BASE AT A REDUCED AIRSPEED, DID NOT FEEL IT WAS A SAFETY OF FLIGHT. AFTER ARRIVAL, INSPECTED AIRCRAFT TO DISCOVER THE REFUEL DOOR HAD DEPARTED AIRCRAFT. TEMPORARY REPAIRED.

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