# NTSB CHI90DEE01: Baker/Santiago Pitts S-1S, N983CS, Dekalb, IL, October 8, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: October 8, 1989, 16:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place: Dekalb, IL
- Location: 41.9282° N, 88.7476° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DeKalb, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9282&lon=-88.7476&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report June 10, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14447
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI90DEE01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14447/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90DEE01

## Probable cause

IMPROPER PLANNING/DECISION BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN FUEL EXHAUSTION DUE TO AN INADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FUEL.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, maneuvering
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion (cause)
  - fuel supply - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N983CS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N983CS-1992-06-12), registration cancelled 1992-06-12, S/N X (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BAKER/SANTIAGO PITTS S-1S
- Registry model: [Baker James R JR SANTIAGO PITTS SIS](https://openairdocs.org/model/baker-james-r-jr-santiago-pitts-sis) (registry code 72206CX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: LYCOMING O-360-A1A 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Registered owner: James Baker
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: 12C, ROCHELLE, IL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 600 total, 2 in this make and model, 600 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 10° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RFD, 23 nm away

## 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 19891008039519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891008039519A), Oct 8, 1989: Child S2SPITTS, De Kalb, IL, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on local flight. Crash landed in rough field.

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.

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