# Accident 19971020030769A: Grumman F6F-5, St Charles, MO, October 20, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1997
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 38.7957° N, 90.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Charles, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7957&lon=-90.5154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4994V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4994V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Grumman F6F-5 (registry code 3950614, https://openairdocs.org/model/grumman-f6f-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971020030769A

## Narrative

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

ACFT EXP ELEC FAILURE AND LANDED GEAR UP, ST. CHARLES, MO

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4994V (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20051008026649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051008026649A), Oct 8, 2005: Gruman F6F5 (N4994V), Cookville, TN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Weather was 500 ft. overcast 5 miles visibility and mist. Pilot was following interstate 40 through mountain terrain and struck power line cables.
- [Accident 20030111000259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030111000259A), Jan 11, 2003: Gruman F6F5 (N4994V), Parker, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19)On January 11, 2003, about 1600 mountain standard time, a Cessna 182H, N8567S, collided with a Grumman F6F-5, N4994V, in midair about 1 mile east of…
- [Incident 19801015074499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801015074499I), Oct 15, 1980: Gruman F6FJENNINGS (N4994V), Chino, CA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on landing. Pilot failed to check gear position before touch down.

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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