# NTSB CHI83LA340: Cessna 150, N6032K, East St Louis, IL, July 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 30, 1983, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place: East St Louis, IL
- Coordinates: 38.640522, -90.140434 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6405&lon=-90.1404&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12283
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA340
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12283/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA340

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - raising of flaps - not performed, dual student (contributing factor)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command(cfi) (cause)
  - stall/mush - inadvertent, pilot in command(cfi)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb

## Analysis

THE CFI NOTICED THE ACFT WAS NOT CLIMBING & THE AIRSPEED WAS NOT INCREASING. HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE ACFT & LANDED IN A BEAN FIELD. HE LATER STATED THAT THE FLAPS WERE NOT RETRACTED BY THE STUDENT AFTER TAKEOFF.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6032K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6032K-1984-07-12), registration cancelled 1984-07-12, S/N 15077484 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150M](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150m) (registry code 2071830) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15077484
- Airframe hours: 5000
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Belleville Area College
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 21, 1983, 12 hours before
- Airport: CPS, Bi-State Parks, runway 22, 2,799 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 23; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: right; flight hours: 1,100 total, 150 in the last 90 days, 50 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CPS

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830730036639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830730036639A), Jul 30, 1983: Cessna 150, East St Louis, IL, Substantial damage. Instructor took control and made emergency landing after takeoff. Flaps were not retracted.

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.

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