# NTSB MKC82IA079: Cessna 402B, N2233Q, St. Louis, MO, May 13, 1982

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Incident investigation · Final report
- Date: May 13, 1982, 15:11 local (20:11 UTC)
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Location: 38.7487° N, 90.3700° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST LOUIS LAMBERT INTL (STL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7487&lon=-90.3700&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 8 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 13, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72703
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82IA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72703/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82IA079

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHILE TAXIING IN CLOSE TO DEPLANE HIS PASSENGERS, THE COMMUTER PILOT PULLED IN BEHIND A PARKED NORTHWEST ORIENT 727. AS HE APPROACHED THE REAR OF THE 727, THE PILOT TURNED THE CESSNA 402B TO THE RIGHT SO THAT THE PASSENGER DOOR WOULD BE FACING THE GATE. AS THE AIRCRAFT SWUNG THRU THIS TURN ARC, THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE BOEING'S #2 ENGINE EXHAUST NOZZLE. THE BOEING WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. GROUND GUIDES WERE NOT BEING USED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2233Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2233Q-2013-07-18), registration cancelled 2013-07-18, S/N 402B0319, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Registry model: [Cessna 402B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402b) (registry code 207590P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 402B0319
- Airframe hours: 6050
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-E 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Trans Mo Airlines
- Registered owner: Trans Mo Airlines
- Departed: AIZ, KAISER, MO
- Destination: STL, ST LOUIS, MO
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: STL, Lambert-St. Louis Intl

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 28; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,130 total, 380 in this make and model, 1,980 as pilot in command, 86 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 11 statute miles
- Temperature: 174 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: STL

## Other investigations on N2233Q (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC81FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FA017), Feb 11, 1981: Cessna 402B (N2233Q), Tebbetts, MO, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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