- Date
- July 4, 1993, 11:50 local (16:50 UTC)
- Place
- St. Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N73589Stinson V77
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930704021959A
- Case key
- 15753
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft. A factor in the accident was the wind gusts present at the time of the accident.
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
According to the pilot's aircraft accident report, the pilot obtained weather briefs from both stl and sus prior to his landing at smartt airport, neither of which reported wind gusts for the landing. N73589 made a crosswind landing on runway 27. During rollout, a wind gust 'threw the tail up into the air,' the nose hit the ground, and the aircraft nosed over. Post accident examination revealed no evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunction with airframe, engine or accessories.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N73589
- Reported as
- Stinson V77
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 77-340
- Airframe hours
- 1,119
- Engine
- Lycoming R-680-13 E3B, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J.W. Meyerpeter
- Registered owner
- Gullwing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 2, 1992 · 27 hours before
- Airport
- 3SQ · St. Charles Airport, runway 27, 3,451 × 49 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 100 in this make and model · 1,070 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 5 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.