# Accident 19980704023599A: Cessna 172M, St Louis, MO, July 4, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1998, 16:05 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6503° N, 90.5303° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6503&lon=-90.5303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2XC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2XC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 167 total, 64 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980704023599A

## Narrative

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

VEERED RIGHT OFF RUNWAY INTO WET GRASSY FIELD. HIT ROAD LIP. BENT NOSE GEAR. INDICATES APPLIED BRAKES ON FLARE. (.4)THE AIRPLANE EXITED THE RUNWAY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, TRAVERSED A WET GRASSY AREA AND IMPACTED A TAXIWAY.  THE PILOT SAID  HE DID NOT HAVE HIS FEET ON THE BRAKES NOR TO BE MAKING RIGHT RUDDER INPUT ON TOUCHDOWN, BUT HE DID NOT TAKE NOTE OF WHEN THE NOSEWHEEL CONTACTED THE RUNWAY..  HE SAID THAT AFTER EXITING THE RUNWAY, HIS APPLICATION OF BRAKES AND LEFT RUDDER STOPPED THE RIGHT TURN, BUT DID NOT RETURN THE AIRPLANE TO THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED ACROSS A TAXIWAY WHERE THE NOSEWHEEL CONTACTED A LIP ON THE PAVEMENT AND COLLAPSED.  SUBSEQUENT TO THE ACCIDENT AN EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE WAS CONDUCTED AND NO ANOMALIES WERE FOUND IN THE BRAKES OR CONTINUITY OF THE FLIGHT CONTROLS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (-23)UPON AIRCRAFT TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE RIGHT. AN EFFORT TO STRAIGHTEN THE GROUND ROLL BY USE OF LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKES WAS ATTEMPTED WITH NO SUCCESS.  AS THE AIRPLANE LEFT THE RUNWAY AND ROLLED INTO A WET GRASSY FIELD, ADDITIONAL BRAKING WAS APPLIED TO NO AVAIL.  A PERPENDICULAR HARD SURFACE ROAD WAS ENCOUNTERED BY THE AIRPLANE WHICH BENT THE NOSEGEAR BACK FLUSH TO THE LOWER ENGINE COWLING.  THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST FINALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HARD SURFACE ROAD AGAIN IN THE GRASS.  THE AIRPLANE PROPELLER HAD STRUCK THE GROUND SEVERAL TIMES PRIOR TO STOPPING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA237), Jul 4, 1998: Cessna 172M (N2XC), Chesterfield, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's not obtaining and maintaining directional control. A factor was wet terrain (grass).

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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