- Date
- September 1, 1991, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Creve Coeur, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N11793Monocoupe 90A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910901037329A
- Case key
- 15179
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Probable cause
A premature liftoff and improper remedial action by the pilot during a takeoff ground run.
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 accident airplane lost control during takeoff ground run and dragged a wing on the runway. According to the pilot the wing dragged as he tried to correct for a nose high attitude and re initiate climb after a premature liftoff.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11793
- Reported as
- Monocoupe 90A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A717
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A313, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frank And Carol Kerner
- Airport
- 1H0 · Creve Coeur, runway 34, 2,820 × 160 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 575 total · 49 in this make and model · 460 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.