Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Spirit Of St Louis Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Chesterfield, Missouri 60137
Sunday, February 6, 1994 12:21 CST
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
ON DOWNWIND TO LAND, BOTH ENGINES LOST POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT MAINTAINED AND THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED IN AN OPEN CLEARING AT A STEEP ANGLE. THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE HANDLES INDICATED OPPOSITE (180 DEGREES OUT) OF THE ACTUAL FUEL VALVE POSITION SELECTED. NO FUEL WAS EVIDENT IN THE LEFT AUXILIARY TANK AND THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF FUEL IN THE OTHER 3 TANKS. NO INDICATION OF FUEL OR PROPELLER ROTATION WAS FOUND AT THE LEFT ENGINE. FUEL AND SOME ROTATION WAS EVIDENT AT THE RIGHT ENGINE. NEITHER PROP WAS FEATHERED, FLAPS WERE UP AND LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN. THE MANDATORY SERVICE BULLETIN (MSB) RECENTLY INSTALLED INVOLVING THE FUEL SELECTOR VALVE HANDLES COULD NOT BE PERFORMED AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS. THE MECHANIC MODIFIED THE KIT PROCEDURES, RESULTING IN THE SELECTOR HANDLES BEING INSTALLED OPPOSITE OF THE FUEL PORT POSITION.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
incorrect installation of the fuel selector valves during mandatory service bulletin modification which resulted in fuel starvation to both engines and failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain aircraft control during emergency descent. A factor was inadequate quality control prior to publication of the mandatory service bulletin.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 2/6/1994 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1221 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Standard Time |
| Event City | CHESTERFIELD |
| Event State | MISSOURI |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 60137 |
| Event Date Year | 1994 |
| Event Date Month | 2 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | SUS |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 2 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 150 |
| Airport Elevation | 463 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1253 Central Standard Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 330 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | SUS |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 463 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 2 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CST |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 20 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 11 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | -3 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 250 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 793 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Feb 6 1994 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1255 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 6 2000 10:39AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N9903R |
| NTSB Number | CHI94FA076 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | BEECH |
| Aircraft Model | 95 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 95 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | TD-389 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 4100 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 4 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Nov 1 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 6 |
| Airframe Hours | 2148 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Yes |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CY AVIATION LEASING, INC |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 4174 ALT ROAD |
| Aircraft Owner City | PACIFIC |
| Aircraft Owner State | MO |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 63069 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | CY AVIATION LEASING, INC |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | 4174 ALT ROAD |
| Operator City | PACIFIC |
| Operator State | MO |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 63069 |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1132 |
| Departure Time Zone | CST |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:30AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 26L |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |