- Date
- May 16, 1999, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N738WKCessna R182
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990516047249A
- Case key
- 46310
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to attain clearance over the fence. Factors associated with the accident were the pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions which resulted in a loss of directional control, the crosswind, and the fence posts.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he was landing on runway 08L with a crosswind which varied from 170 to 210 degrees, at 10 to 15 knots. The airplane bounced on touchdown and he recovered by bringing the airplane back to the runway on all three landing gear. He stated the airspeed was high and the it 'quickly veered' off the left side of the runway into the grass. He aborted the landing and during the initial climb, the airplane contacted the metal supports for a temporary fence which was located about 20 to 30 yards from the runway. Substantial damage resulted to the horizontal stabilizer. The pilot continued the takeoff and returned to land without incident.
Factual narrative
On May 16, 1999, at 1800 central daylight time (cdt), a Cessna R182, N738WK, operated by Thunder Aviation, collided with a fence during an aborted landing at the Spirit of St. Louis Airport, Chesterfield, Missouri. The private pilot and two passengers were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. The flight originated from Columbia, Missouri, at 1715 cdt.
The pilot stated he was making a landing on runway 08L with a crosswind which varied from 170 to 210 degrees, at 10 to 15 knots. The pilot stated the airplane bounced on touchdown and he recovered by bringing the airplane back to the runway on all three landing gear. He stated the airspeed was high and the it "quickly veered" off the left side of the runway into the grass. He elected to abort the landing and during the initial climb, the airplane contacted the metal supports for a temporary fence which was located about 20 to 30 yards from the runway. Substantial damage resulted to the horizontal stabilizer. The pilot continued the takeoff and returned to land without incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N738WK
- Reported as
- Cessna R182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- R18200969
- Airframe hours
- 4,686
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J3C5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thunder Aviation
- Registered owner
- Thunder Aviation Aquisitions
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 6, 1999 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- COU · Columbia, MO
- Destination
- SUS
- Airport
- SUS · Spirit Of St. Louis, runway 8L, 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 205 total · 4 in this make and model · 155 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS
FAA reports on this event · 1
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