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Small aircraft discovers fuel venting on takeoff. Makes emergency landing on taxiway at suggestion of controller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 154046 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199008 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : pdx |
| State Reference | OR |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pdx |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff landing other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 2200 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 154046 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
O ring seal on right wing fuel cap failed and vented a large amount of gas. Lost 6 gals in about 90 seconds. Made precautionary landing on closed runway's (runway 28L) taxiway. Tower controller saw I was having problem and suggested using taxiway. No damage. No near misses people or equipment.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA DISCOVERS FUEL VENTING ON TKOF. MAKES EMERGENCY LNDG ON TXWY AT SUGGESTION OF CTLR.
Narrative: O RING SEAL ON R WING FUEL CAP FAILED AND VENTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF GAS. LOST 6 GALS IN ABOUT 90 SECS. MADE PRECAUTIONARY LNDG ON CLOSED RWY'S (RWY 28L) TXWY. TWR CTLR SAW I WAS HAVING PROB AND SUGGESTED USING TXWY. NO DAMAGE. NO NEAR MISSES PEOPLE OR EQUIP.
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.