- Date
- June 1, 1983, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- St Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N36600Aeronca 65CA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830601021959A
- Case key
- 33416
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertent
Nose over
Terrain condition - wetFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
The plt stated that during his 4th full stop landing the acft veered left off the rwy into a flooded area & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36600
- Reported as
- Aeronca 65CA
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- C16991
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental A-65-7, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert E. Piazza
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 2, 1983
- Airport
- 02K · Arrowhead, runway 20, 2,715 × 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 113 total · 43 in this make and model · 43 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 9 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.