ATL85FA054

Factual narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED DURING AN ILS APPROACH FOLLOWING AN ENGINE POWER LOSS WHILE ON AN AIR TAXI FREIGHT FLIGHT. THE PLT RELATED THAT AT ABOUT 550 FT ON THE APPROACH TO RWY 23 THE LEFT ENG FUEL PRESS WARNING LITE ILLUMINATED & THE LT ENG LOSS POWER. THE PLT OPENED THE CROSSFEED VALVE & SHORTLY THE RT FUEL PRESS WARNING LITE ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY LOSS OF POWER ON THE RT ENG. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THERE IS ONE FUEL GAUGE FOR THE TANK SYSTEM & A SELECTOR SWITCH MUST BE ACTIVATED TO DETERMINE THE FUEL QUANTITY IN ANY DESIRED TANK. THE PLT'S ACTION IN SELECTING CROSSFEED & NOT CLOSING THE FUEL SHUT OFF VALVE ALLOWED FUEL TO BE DIVERTED FROM THE OPERATIVE RT ENG RESULTING IN A LOSS OF POWER DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12