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A falcon 20 postflt check revealed fuel cap missing. Reporter accomplished preflight check and reports all ok.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 448936 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199909 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : buf.airport |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : charter |
| Make Model Name | Falcon 20FJF/20C/20D/20E/20F |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 169 flight time total : 4166 flight time type : 169 |
| ASRS Report | 448936 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Factors | |
| Maintenance | performance deficiency : unqualified personnel |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Maintenance Human Performance Aircraft Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Did normal preflight. Everything looked great. Landed with fuel load expected. Upon postflt walkaround, discovered fuel cap missing. Further investigation of problem required to conclude possible problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A FALCON 20 POSTFLT CHK REVEALED FUEL CAP MISSING. RPTR ACCOMPLISHED PREFLT CHK AND RPTS ALL OK.
Narrative: DID NORMAL PREFLT. EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT. LANDED WITH FUEL LOAD EXPECTED. UPON POSTFLT WALKAROUND, DISCOVERED FUEL CAP MISSING. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF PROB REQUIRED TO CONCLUDE POSSIBLE PROB.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.