- Date
- March 8, 1986, 12:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place
- Old Monroe, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8143LCessna A152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860308005779A
- Case key
- 34081
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
Analysis
The stu PIC and his instructor were practicing forced lndgs to a corn stubblefield. As they initiated a climb fm a simulated forced lndg, the acft crashed nose low, right wing low. No mech pblm was found with the flt controls or the pwrplant.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8143L
- Reported as
- Cessna A152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A1520832
- Airframe hours
- 2,083
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Archway Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 28, 1985 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- 1H0 · Creve Coeur, MO
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
- 34
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 956 total · 153 in this make and model · 824 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 32 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 20 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.