# NTSB MKC83IA054: Cessna 402B, N8200Q, St. Louis, MO, January 10, 1983

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: January 10, 1983, 12:05 local (18:05 UTC)
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Coordinates: 38.740158, -90.350578 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7402&lon=-90.3506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33364
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83IA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33364/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83IA054

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, standing - starting engine(s)
  - fuel system,line - leak (cause)
- Fire, standing - starting engine(s)
  - fluid,fuel - fire (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8200Q-1992-06-19), registration cancelled 1992-06-19, S/N 402B0381 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402BO381
- Airframe hours: 3902
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 19830110017729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830110017729I), Jan 10, 1983: Cessna 402B, St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Fire in right engine after start up. Shut down. Found fuel hose to fuel pump burned thru and defective fuel valve.

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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