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I'm type rated in the King Air. Without the cap, the oil system wouldn't pressurize. Shaniqua the superpilot would've noticed this on on engine start and aborted the start. The cap itself is locking and is designed in such a way that if it is unsecured, the system won't pressurize. There's only one way it can go on. The incredible blackened state of that oil shows just how well she keeps that aircraft though so it's not outside the realm of possibility.

Assuming they did get airborne with a missing oil cap, then that white boy inadvertently saved every single person on that crew from instant death. You. Do. Not. Stall. A. King Air. or any high performance twin really. LaFonda would've gotten them into a Vmca roll which would've likely been unrecoverable at 10,000 ft. I'm not even going to begin to talk about the deep stall characteristics of T-tailed twin. Just don't. https://youtu.be/4H5JQ-ESc3M