- Date
- January 7, 1984, 16:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- St. Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5396PCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840107000269A
- Case key
- 33511
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was progressing from a touch-and-go landing when it collided with transmission wires, 926 ft from the rwy at about 27 ft AGL. The weather was conducive to carburetor icing and the carburetor heat control was found partially open. Several gallons of fuel drained from the acft after the accident. The acft heading for an open field when it crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5396P
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15284936
- Airframe hours
- 1,521
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- St. Charles Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Jacques Y. Abadie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 28, 1984 · 31 hours before
- Airport
- 3SQ · St. Charles, runway 27, 3,500 × 50 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
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 211 total · 30 in this make and model · 71 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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.