# Accident 20040912025039A: Cessna 182T, St Louis, MO, September 12, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2004, 21:16 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6511° N, 90.6842° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6511&lon=-90.6842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N843MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N843MC-2018-01-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182T (registry code 2072703, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182T
- Reported engine: LYC IO540AB1A5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 82 total, 8 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI04FA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040912025039A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. KAPLAN DEPARTED THE SIKESTON AIRPORT, SIKESTON, MO ON A RETURN FLIGHT TO THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS AIRPORT, CHESTERFIELD, MO. AT APPROX. 21:08 LOCAL TIME, HE CALLED FOR LANDING CLEARANCE AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO ENTER A LEFT BASE FOR RWY 26R. HE ACKNOWLEDGED THE CLEARANCE AND PROCEEDED TO ENTER THE PATTERN FOR A LANDING. AIR TRAFFIC RADAR INDICATES THAT MR. KAPLAN CROSSED THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY WITH A GROUNDSPEED IN EXCESS OF 100 KTS. THE PRIMARY TARGET DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR AND REAPPEARED OFF THE DEPARTURE END WITH A GROUNDSPEED OF 87 KNOTS. DURING THIS TIME, THE TOWER TAPES REVEAL THAT MR. KAPLAN RADIOED THAT HE WAS GOING AROUND. RADAR RETURNS SHOW THAT THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO APPROX. 1000 FEET WHILE THE GROUNDSPEED CONTINUED TO DECREASE TO 81 KNOTS AT WHICH TIME THE TARGET DISAPPEARED FROM RADAR. POST CRASH ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT'S FLAPS WERE SET TO APPROX. 25 DEGREES AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND UNDER POWER AND AT AN APPROX. ANGLE OF 75 DEGREES NOSE DOWN. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC WITH 4 MILES VISIBILITY, MIST/FOG, CALM WINDS, AND A FEW CLOUDS AT 7,500 FEET. IT WAS A MOONLESS NIGHT AND THE TERRAIN WAS FEATURELESS WITH FEW GROUND LIGHTS.

## 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 CHI04FA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI04FA257), Sep 13, 2004: Cessna 182T (N843MC), Chesterfield, MO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot not maintaining airspeed and the inadvertent stall he encountered during the go-around. A factor was the tree he impacted during his uncontrolled descent.

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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