# Incident 20020408007889I: Beech 23, St Louis, MO, April 8, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2002, 08:40 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6273° N, 90.1979° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Louis, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6273&lon=-90.1979&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2321Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2321Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech 23 (registry code 1151202, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH 23
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 80 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020408007889I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 04/08/2002, MR. BENJAMIN KRUGER, A VFR PRIVATE PILOT, PLANNED HIS VFR FLIGHT PLAN USING "TV WEATHER". MR. KRUGER DEPARTED SPRINGFIELD, IL (KSPI) WITH INTENTIONS TO LAND AT HANNIBAL, MO (HAE). MR. KRUGER WAS FLYING HIS OWN AIRCRAFT, A BE-23, N2321Q. AT 0840 LOCAL, N2321Q APPROXIMATELY 50 N OF SUS CONTACTED STL AFSS FOR ASSISTANCE. N2321Q WAS VFR QUALIFIED FLYING INTO IMC. STL AFSS PROVIDED N2321Q WITH THE KANSAS CITY CENTER FREQUENCY. N2321Q WAS PROVIDED FLIGHT ASSISTANCE TO VISUAL CONDITIONS AND SUBSEQUENT LANDING AT THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT, CHESTERFIELD, MO (KSUS).

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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