# Incident 20090519010919I: Beech 76, Cahokia/St Lou, IL, May 19, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 2009, 21:05 local time
- Place: Cahokia/St Lou, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5704° N, 90.1551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN (CPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5704&lon=-90.1551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6042F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6042F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 76 (registry code 1153005, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-76) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 76
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 389 total, 35 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090519010919I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)  WHILE TRAVELING FROM TOPEKA, KS (KTOP) TO ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (KCPS) ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO EXHAUSTING FUEL APPROXIMATELY 8 NM FROM KCPS, CAUSING THE RIGHT ENGINE TO FAIL.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RESPONDED WITH EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TO EXECUTE A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING AT KCPS.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO THE KCPS TOWER AND STATED HIS INTENTION TO LAND ON RUNWAY 5/23 WHICH HE WAS CLEARED TO DO SO.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A STRAIGHT IN LANDING AND APPLIED MAXIMUM BRAKING WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF HIS FRONT PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SECURED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY AND UPON EXITING THE AIRCRAFT DISCOVERED THAT THE LEFT MAIN TIRE HAD BLOWN DURING THE LANDING.

## Other reports on N6042F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070920021169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070920021169I), Sep 20, 2007: Beech 76 (N6042F), Watkins, CO, No damage. (-23) During a training flight (commercial, multiengine) the right engine was shut down intentionally. A restart was attempted per the checklist with no…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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