- Date
- January 10, 1983, 12:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8200QCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830110017729I
- Case key
- 33364
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The right engine of the acft started to burn while the acft was being started. The pilot noticed flames coming out of the top of the right engine after the left engine was started. The pilot initiated shut down of both engines and evacuation of the passengers. The fire continued to burn and was extinguished by the fire dept. Examination showed a fuel line ruptured and metal particles blocking the shut-off valve so that fuel continued to flow.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8200Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402BO381
- Airframe hours
- 3,902
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E8, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Trans-Mo Airlines, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Wiliam E. Asel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · January 7, 1983 · 2 hours before
- Destination
- JEF · Jefferson City, MO
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STL · Lambert-St. Louis
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 8,557 total · 2,992 in this make and model · 8,127 as pilot in command · 109 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 17 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 43 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.