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Air carrier light transport taxied away from the gate with single point fuel cap missing. Cockpit indications were normal but ATCT ground control saw the cap on the ramp after the aircraft started to taxi advised the flight crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 159237 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199010 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ggg |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : clt |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground other : taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 350 |
| ASRS Report | 159237 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Ground control inquired if we were missing a fuel cap. Both fuel caps were visible on the wings. The fuel panel on single point was shut. The fueling light was off, indicating that the single point fuel shutoff valve was closed and that the fuel panel was secure. We returned to the ramp. The fueler met us. We opened the fuel panel and the captain was missing. The fueler apologized and replaced the cap. Ground controller said the fuel cap was on the ramp. The fuel cap was not visible on our post-flight or on taxiout anywhere on the ramp. I suspect the fueler must have left it on his truck. We continued the flight west/O further delay.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR LTT TAXIED AWAY FROM THE GATE WITH SINGLE POINT FUEL CAP MISSING. COCKPIT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL BUT ATCT GND CTL SAW THE CAP ON THE RAMP AFTER THE ACFT STARTED TO TAXI ADVISED THE FLT CREW.
Narrative: GND CTL INQUIRED IF WE WERE MISSING A FUEL CAP. BOTH FUEL CAPS WERE VISIBLE ON THE WINGS. THE FUEL PANEL ON SINGLE POINT WAS SHUT. THE FUELING LIGHT WAS OFF, INDICATING THAT THE SINGLE POINT FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE WAS CLOSED AND THAT THE FUEL PANEL WAS SECURE. WE RETURNED TO THE RAMP. THE FUELER MET US. WE OPENED THE FUEL PANEL AND THE CAPT WAS MISSING. THE FUELER APOLOGIZED AND REPLACED THE CAP. GND CTLR SAID THE FUEL CAP WAS ON THE RAMP. THE FUEL CAP WAS NOT VISIBLE ON OUR POST-FLT OR ON TAXIOUT ANYWHERE ON THE RAMP. I SUSPECT THE FUELER MUST HAVE LEFT IT ON HIS TRUCK. WE CONTINUED THE FLT W/O FURTHER DELAY.
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.