# Accident 20090602009289A: Cessna 140, St Louis, MO, June 2, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 2009, 18:50 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Creve Coeur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7267° N, 90.5083° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7267&lon=-90.5083&mi=10
- Aircraft: N76456, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N76456-2011-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 592 total, 224 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA335) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090602009289A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 CEN09LA335](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA335), Jun 2, 2009: Cessna 140 (N76456), St. Louis, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper installation of the wing fairing during recent maintenance, which resulted in the partial separation of the fairing shortly after takeoff.

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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