# NTSB ATL83FA039: Aero Commander 680W, N5058E, Atlanta, GA, November 21, 1982 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report - Date: November 20, 1982, 19:30 local (Nov 21, 1982, 00:30 UTC) - Place: Atlanta, GA - Location: 33.6367° N, 84.4279° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL (ATL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6367&lon=-84.4279&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 2 serious - Status: Completed, report November 20, 1983 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 69834 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83FA039 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69834/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83FA039 ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise - normal - engine instruments,fuel quantity gage - incorrect (contributing factor) - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor) - fuel system,cap - worn (cause) - fuel system,cap - separation (cause) - fluid,fuel - loss,partial (cause) - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause) - aircraft performance,two or more engines - inoperative - Overrun, landing - roll - emergency procedure - performed, pilot in command - precautionary landing - performed, pilot in command - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor) - weather condition - fog (contributing factor) - On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll - object - approach light/navaid (contributing factor) ## Analysis THE PLT REPORTED THAT ON THE PREVIOUS FLT, THE CENTER FUEL TANK GAUGE WAS MALFUNCTIONING AND INDICATED 800 LBS EVEN WHEN IT WAS FULL WITH 1400 LBS. AFTER LNDG AT CHARLOTTE,NC, IT WAS STILL INDICATING 800 LBS. BFR TKOF, THE CENTER TANK WAS REFILLED. WHILE EN ROUTE ABOUT 40 MI WEST OF ATLANTA, GA, THE PLT NOTED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE INDICATED 500 LBS & WAS DROPPING RAPIDLY. A FEW MINUTES LATER, BOTH ENGS FLAMED OUT. VECTORS WERE OBTAINED TO FLY TO THE NEAREST ARPT. DRG THE DESCENT, THE ENGINES WERE RESTARTED. THE PLT INTERCEPTED THE ILS & REMAINED HIGH ON THE GLIDE SLOPE. THE WEATHER AT THE ARPT WAS REPORTED AS 100 FT OVC, VIS 1/4 MI WITH FOG & RAIN. THE ACFT BROKE OUT OF THE CLDS APRX 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY, THEN CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY & WENT THRU ILS ANTENNA ARRAY. AN EXAM REVEALED THE CENTER FUEL CAP WAS MISSING, IT WAS FOUND IN THE GRASS NEAR THE PARKING RAMP AT CHARLOTTE. THE FUEL CAP WAS FOUND TO BE WORN & WOULD NOT LOCK SECURELY. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N5058E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5058E-2010-08-19), registration cancelled 2010-08-19, S/N 1787-17, built 1968 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AERO COMMANDER 680W - Registry model: [Aero Commander 680W](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680w) (registry code 0141716) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [AiResearch 331 SER 605HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (registry code 01502, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1787 - Airframe hours: 2306 - Engines: AIRESEARCH TPE-331-43BL 575 horsepower turbo prop - Damage: Destroyed - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Astro Wings Airlines - Registered owner: E.E. Shanks - Departed: CHARLOTTE, NC - Destination: ATLANTA, GA - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: ATL, Hartsfield Intl, runway 8, 8,000 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 22; commercial, airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,420 total, 143 in this make and model, 3,240 as pilot in command, 262 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark - Wind: 350° at 10 knots - Lowest ceiling: 100 ft overcast - Temperature: 131 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: ATL ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19821120062429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821120062429A), Nov 20, 1982: Gulstm 680W, Atlanta, GA, Destroyed. Double flameout en route due to fuel starvation. Worn fuel tank cap fell off siphoned fuel. Overshot forced landing ## Other investigations on N5058E (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB MIA69F0339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA69F0339), Jan 22, 1969: Aero Comdr 680W (N5058E), Ft.Lauderdale, FL, substantial damage From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.