# Incident 19960730028099I: Cessna 150M, St Louis, MO, July 30, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1996, 19:30 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N704KM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N704KM-1999-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150M (registry code 2071830, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150M
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960730028099I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 30, 1996, AT WASHINGTON MEMORIAL AIRPORT, MO CE-150 AIRPLANE WAS OPERATING ON AN UNPUBLISHED GRASS STRIP ADJACENT TO HARDSTAND RUNWAY 34/16. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON BOARD DEMONSTRATING GRASS FIELD OPERATIONS. DURING DEMO AIRCRAFT STRUCK CULVERT WITH LEFT LANDING GEAR. REPAIR DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED TO EXCEED VALUE OF AIRPLANE. PRIOR TO GRASS FIELD OPERATION, INSTRUCTOR PILOT WAS TOLD BY AIRPORT FBO EMPLOYEE THAT GRASS STRIP WAS OPEN. DUE TO METHOD OF MOWING THE GRASS STRIP, CULVERT WAS NOT VISIBLE TO INSTRUCTOR PILOT. NO INJURIES REPORTED. INCIDENT CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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.

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