# Incident 19871012065729I: Frchld KR31, St Louis, MO, October 12, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1987, 13:47 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Creve Coeur
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7273° N, 90.5084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CREVE COEUR (1H0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7273&lon=-90.5084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3615, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3615) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild KR-31 (registry code 3371402, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-kr-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright CURTISS OX5 (registry code 67002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-curtiss-ox5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD KR31
- Reported engine: WRIGHT OX5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,543 total, 0 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871012065729I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE ENGINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER IN A BEAN FIELD. CARBURETOR JETS FOULED BY UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.