- Date
- January 20, 1991, 08:05 local (14:05 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5363QCessna 150
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910120006879A
- Case key
- 14997
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Probable cause
Directional control was not maintained by the pilot. Factors related to the accident were: a lack of total experience by the pilot and the presence of a snowbank adjacent to the runway.
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 pilot said that while practicing takeoffs and landings, he lost directional control during a landing. The airplane slid off the runway and collided with a snow bank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5363Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 150
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15073263
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Braddock Enterprises
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- SUS · Spirit Of St Louis, runway 26, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 20 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,400 ft broken
- Observed at
- SUS, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5363Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.