# NTSB MKC85IA057: Swearingen SA-226-TC, N328BA, Berkeley, MO, February 14, 1985

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: February 13, 1985, 20:40 local (Feb 14, 1985, 02:40 UTC)
- Place: Berkeley, MO
- Coordinates: 38.739143, -90.349273 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7391&lon=-90.3493&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33871
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85IA057
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33871/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85IA057

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - checklist - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - checklist - inadequate, manufacturer (cause)

## Analysis

CREW ACCOMPLISHED DESCENT CHECKLIST. CHECKLIST WAS APPROVED MANUFACTURER'S CHECKLIST. DESCENT WAS MADE THROUGH 2500 FOOTTHICK CLOUDS WITH OAT BELOW FREEZING WITHOUT AUTO-IGNITION SWITCH ON AUTO/CONTINUOUS POSITION. BOTH ENGINES QUIT ON FINAL APPROACH. AIRPLANE WAS LANDED WITHOUT DAMAGE. COMPANY CONCLUDED THAT FLAMEOUTS CAUSED BY ICE INGESTION.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N328BA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N328BA-2006-03-22), registration cancelled 2006-03-22, S/N TC-253, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SWEARINGEN SA-226-TC
- Registry model: [Swearingen SA226TC](https://openairdocs.org/model/swearingen-sa226tc) (registry code 8780404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [AiResearch TPE331 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (registry code 01514, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: TC-253
- Airframe hours: 9637
- Engines: GARRETT 331-10UA-SHG 940 horsepower turbo prop
- Damage: No damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Britt Airways, Inc.
- Registered owner: Britt Airways, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, February 13, 1985, 7 hours before
- Departed: SPI, SPRINGFIELD, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: STL, Lambert-St.Louis Int'L, runway 24, 7,600 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 4,345 total, 1,109 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/bright
- Wind: 310° at 18 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 28 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 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 19850213014849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850213014849I), Feb 13, 1985: Swrngn SA226TC, St Louis, MO. Right followed by left engine quit. Safe landing. Ice ingestion suspected.

## Other investigations on N328BA (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 DEN99LA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA047), Mar 5, 1999: Swearingen SA226TC (N328BA), Denver, CO, minor damage. Probable cause: The pilot of N328BA's failure to maintain visual lookout while taxiing, causing the subsequent collision with N151SA.

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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