# Incident 20071107830349I: Socata TB9CTAMPICO, Cahokia/St Lou, IL, November 7, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 7, 2007, 10:10 local time
- Place: Cahokia/St Lou, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5704° N, 90.1551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN (CPS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5704&lon=-90.1551&mi=10
- Aircraft: N541PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N541PC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Socata TAMPICO TB 9C (registry code 8680693, https://openairdocs.org/model/socata-tampico-tb-9c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SOCATA TB9CTAMPICO
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 300 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071107830349I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE STUDENT WAS CONDUCTING A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON RUNWAY 5 AT CPS. AT 60 KTS THE STUDENT UNEXPECTEDLY ABORTED THE TAKEOFF DUE TO A LOOSE FUEL CAP ON THE LEFT WING. THE INSTRUCTOR CALLED "OFF THE BRAKES" TWO TIMES BEFORE STATING "I HAVE THE AIRPLANE." BY THIS TIME THE AIRPLANE HAD BLOWN THE LEFT MAIN TIRE AS THE INSTRUCTOR ATTEMPTED TO WRESTLE CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE FROM THE STUDENT. THE AIRPLANE VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CONTACTED A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE WAS LIMITED TO A CRACKED LENS COVER FOR THE TAXI/LANDING LIGHT, A HOLE IN THE LEFT TIRE AND A FLAT SPOT ON THE RIGHT TIRE. THE LEFT FUEL CAP APPEARED TO HAVE NO DEFORMITIES. THE LENS COVER WAS REPLACED AND THE AIRPLANE WAS READY TO FLY LATER THAT DAY.

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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