# NTSB MKC85LA140: Cessna 152, N67509, St. Charles, MO, June 23, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 23, 1985, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place: St. Charles, MO
- Coordinates: 38.789684, -90.509803 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7897&lon=-90.5098&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33970
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA140
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33970/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA140

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience, pilot in command
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PLT WAS ON HER 1ST SOLO FLT. SHE SAID THAT DURING A LANDING, SHE FLARED TOO HI & THE ACFT BOUNCED. A PORPOISE DEVELOPED & THE NOSE GEAR FAILED. ABOUT 11 MI SOUTHEAST AT THE LAMBERT-ST LOUIS ARPT, THE 1048 CDT WIND WAS FROM 240 DEG AT 12 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67509](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67509-1988-04-06), registration cancelled 1988-04-06, S/N 15281878 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15271878
- Airframe hours: 1421
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Aviation Underwriting Spec.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 16, 1985, 45 hours before
- Airport: 3SZ, St Charles County, runway 18, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 240° at 12 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: STL, 11 nm away

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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