- Date
- June 11, 1978
- Place
- Creve Coeur, MO · CREVE COEUR, MO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7544UStits SA7D
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780611014579A
- Case key
- 141372
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1690 78/6/11 CREVE COEUR,MO STITS SA7D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 55, 101 TIME - 1100 N7544U PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 43 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CREVE COEUR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CREVE COEUR,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- PLT MISTOOK WHEAT FLD FOR SOD RWY.WAS MANEUVERING TO CLEAR HELICOPTER ON RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7544U
- Reported as
- Stits SA7D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Creve Coeur
N7544URegistered now · Henderson-Doherty-Mueller STITTS SA7DAirframe modelHenderson-Doherty-Mueller STITTS SA7DEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.