- Date
- April 1, 1987, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Creve Coeur, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N89316Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 9, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870401008199A
- Case key
- 34357
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The PIC was practicing landings in gusty crosswind conditions. PIC landed long, and after rolling a short distance, perceived that the wind direction had changed. The PIC stated that this new wind direction was now more of a tailwind. The PIC did not select a go-around and maintained directional control until running off the end of the runway. The aircraft encountered soft terrain and nosed over inverted. Weather observation from a nearby fss recorded no wind changenear the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89316
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8344
- Airframe hours
- 2,144
- Engine
- Continental 85-12F, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- George Abner Benson
- Registered owner
- George Benson M.D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 18, 1986
- Departed
- 1HO · Creve Coeur, MO
- Airport
- 1HO · Creve Coeur, runway 34, 2,825 × 160 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 286 total · 73 in this make and model · 7 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS, 8 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.
Other investigations on N89316 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.