# Accident 19981031040339A: Cessna 172, St Louis, MO, October 31, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1998, 23:45 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Creve Coeur Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6596° N, 90.4592° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6596&lon=-90.4592&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6713H (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 450 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981031040339A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. VAN DWINGELEN STATED THAT HE WAS RETURNING TO 1HO FROM MEM WITH A STOP IN POF. HE GOT A WEATHER BRIEFING VIA DUAT'S IN MEM. HE STATED THE FLIGHT WAS A NIGHT FLIGHT IN VMC CONDITIONS AND HIS PLAN WAS TO LAND ON THE UNLIGHTED SOD RUNWAY USING THE MOONLIGHT FOR VISUAL REFERENCE. HE HAD PLANNED TO CONTINUE TO SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT IF UNABLE TO GET INTO 1HO. UPON ARRIVAL AT 1HO HE OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS A HIGH OVERCAST SKY. MR. VAN DWINGELEN STATED HE HAD NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LIGHT USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF RUNWAY 16/34 EFFECTIVELY MARKED THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 7. HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE LANDING USING THE CONSTRUCTION LIGHT AS A REFERENCE FOR THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 7. HE STATED THAT HE LANDED LONG AND WAS UNABLE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP PRIOR TO REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY. UPON REACHING THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE NOSE BURIED INTO THE FRESHLY PLOWED FIELD AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT UPSIDE DOWN. THERE WERE TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.                                                                                                                                                                                         (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE '...WAS TOO HIGH AT THE THRESHOLD...' AND, '...LANDED TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY TO ALLOW THE PLANE TO STOP BEFORE IT RAN OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY... .' HE REPORTED THAT THE VISIBILITY WAS POOR DUE TO DARKNESS. THE PILOT REPORTED, 'BETTER RUNWAY LIGHTING COULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS ACCIDENT...AS COULD BETTER PILOT JUDGEMENT... .'

## 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 CHI99LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA018), Nov 1, 1998: Cessna 172 (N6713H), Creve Coeur, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot misjudged his altitude and airspeed during landing. A related factor was the dark night conditions.

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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