- Date
- April 25, 1989, 17:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Cahokia, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5498BCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 18, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890425010089A
- Case key
- 14343
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Probable cause
Inadequate compensation for wind conditions by the student pilot and his failure to maintain directional control. The crosswind and the student's lack of total experience were contributing factors.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student plt was landing on rwy 30 with a x-wind from 190 deg at 9 KTS. He reported that during the landing, he lost control of the acft & it subsequently nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5498B
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15283887
- Airframe hours
- 3,728
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Downtown Air Service Inc.
- Registered owner
- William Baumheuter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 11, 1989 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- VIH · Vichy, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CPS · St Louis Downtown-Parks, runway 30R, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 40 total · 40 in this make and model · 10 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 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.