Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Spirit Of St Louis Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Valley Park, Missouri 63088
Thursday, April 29, 1993 14:00 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
TWO FOREIGN PILOTS TOOK OFF VFR TO REMAIN IN THE VICINITY OF AN AIRPORT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A METROPOLITAN AREA. NO RECORD WAS FOUND TO SHOW THE AIRPLANE HAD BEEN FUELED EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE PRECEEDING FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT CREW CONTACTED AN AREA APPROACH CONTROL & REQUESTED AN ILS APPROACH TO TEST THEIR ILS EQUIPMENT WITHOUT SPECIFYING AN AIRPORT. APPROACH CONTROL ISSUED & THE FLIGHT CREW ACCEPTED VECTORS TO ANOTHER AIRPORT FOR WHICH THE PILOTS HAD NO APPROACH PLATE OR AIRPORT INFORMATION. VECTORS TOOK THE AIRPLANE ABOUT 25 MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT CREW REQUESTED TO PROCEED BACK TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. A SHORT TIME LATER, THE FLIGHT CREW DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO LOW FUEL, THEN RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST. WITNESSES AT A LANDFILL HEARD AN INTERMITTENT SOUND FROM THE ENGINE(S). THE AIRPLANE CAME INTO THEIR VIEW WITH ONE ENGINE RUNNING, THEN THE ENGINE SOUND CEASED. THEY INDICATED THE AIRPLANE WENT OUT OF CONTROL & CRASHED, BUT ONE ENGINE ACCELERATED JUST BEFORE IMPACT. A SMALL FIRE WAS CONFINED TO THE LEFT WING.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION, DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL, AND THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING APPROACH TO AN EMERGENCY LANDING. A RELATED FACTOR WAS: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO REFUEL THE AIRPLANE BEFORE FLIGHT.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 4/29/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Thursday |
| Time of Event | 1400 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | VALLEY PARK |
| Event State | MISSOURI |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 63088 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| 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 | 7 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 150 |
| Airport Elevation | 463 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1350 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 320 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | SUS |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 463 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 7 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 2800 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 2000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 6 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 18 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 15 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 240 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 8 |
| 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 | Light |
| 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) | 1259 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 1:13PM |
| 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 | N4939M |
| NTSB Number | CHI93FA149 |
| 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 | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CESSNA |
| Aircraft Model | 421B |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 421B |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 421B0632 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 7450 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/Foreign Oper. |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 6 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 23 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 2 |
| Airframe Hours | 3726 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | J. D. CHASTAIN ENTERPRISES |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 18330 EDISON AVE |
| Aircraft Owner City | CHESTERFIELD |
| Aircraft Owner State | MO |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 63017 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | PRIVATE WING FLUGREISEN GMBH |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | HAUPSTRASSE 1, 5588 HESWEILER |
| Operator City | KOBLENZ,GERMANY |
| Operator State | OF |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| 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) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | SUS |
| Departure City | CHESTERFIELD |
| Departure State | MO |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1322 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | SUS |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Landing |
| 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 | 26 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |