Date: | Tuesday 8 April 2003 |
Time: | 18:50 |
Type: | Dassault Falcon 20C |
Owner/operator: | Grand Aire Express |
Registration: | N179GA |
MSN: | 100 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Total airframe hrs: | 15899 hours |
Engine model: | General Electric CF700-2D2 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 14 km WSW of Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Del Rio International Airport, TX (DRT/KDRT) |
Destination airport: | Saint Louis-Lambert International Airport, MO (STL/KSTL) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The airplane was on a second approach to land on runway 30R after having been instructed by air traffic control to climb during the final approach segment of the first approach due to inadequate separation from another airplane. The aircraft was low on fuel but the pilot did not notify ATC until they were on base turn to finals. The airplane ran out of fuel and both engines lost power. The crew then ditched their Falcon 20 into the Mississippi River. Both pilots were rescued.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The pilot in command's improper in-flight decision not to divert to an alternate destination resulting in the exhaustion of the airplane's fuel supply, and his failure to relay his low fuel state to air traffic control in a timely manner."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI03FA099 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 1 year and 9 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB id. CHI03FA099
Location
Images:
photo (c) aeroprints.com; Rantoul, KS; 30 April 2013; (CC:by-sa)
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Milano-Linate Airport (LIN); 02 August 1991
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