What happened
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(-23) Cessna 140 was DO8ING touch and go landings at Creve Coeur Airport (1H0). After the third touch and go the aircraft was refueled and the pilot took off on grass strip runway 25. One full stop landing was uneventful. On the fifth take off on runway 25, at approximately 30 feet AGL, the pilot heard a loud pop followed by a fluttering noise and elected to perform an emergency landing. The aircraft did not have runway to complete the landing and rolled 275 feet beyond the airport property into a wheat field. The aircraft hit an obstructin and nosed over to inverted, resulting in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer primary structure an internal damage to the wing, visible as wrinkles on the surface where the wing attaches to the fuselage.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) CESSNA 140 WAS DO8ING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT CREVE COEUR AIRPORT (1H0). AFTER THE THIRD TOUCH AND GO THE AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED AND THE PILOT TOOK OFF ON GRASS STRIP RUNWAY 25. ONE FULL STOP LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. ON THE FIFTH TAKE OFF ON RUNWAY 25, AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET AGL, THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY A FLUTTERING NOISE AND ELECTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE RUNWAY TO COMPLETE THE LANDING AND ROLLED 275 FEET BEYOND THE AIRPORT PROPERTY INTO A WHEAT FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT HIT AN OBSTRUCTIN AND NOSED OVER TO INVERTED, RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER PRIMARY STRUCTURE AN INTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE WING, VISIBLE AS WRINKLES ON THE SURFACE WHERE THE WING ATTACHES TO THE FUSELAGE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.