- Date
- October 21, 1986, 14:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fredericktown, MO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N89813Cessna C-152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 34258
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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.
Analysis
The aircraft was being used to give relatives local area flights. The witnesses reported that the airplane had been doing low altitude maneuvers, stalls, and engine power cuts for over an hour. The witnesses observed the acft in a low altitude pass when it hit a roof mounted antenna, then pulling up slightly it struck a powerline, then impacted the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89813
- Reported as
- Cessna C-152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 82880
- Airframe hours
- 10
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- L-8 Flying Serv.
- Registered owner
- James W. Meyerpeter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 12, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- H88 · Fredericktown, 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 73 total · 73 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI, 30 nm away