# NTSB MKC87LA071: Cessna 140, N89316, Creve Coeur, MO, April 1, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1987, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place: Creve Coeur, MO
- Coordinates: 38.660816, -90.459709 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6608&lon=-90.4597&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 9, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34357
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC87LA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34357/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC87LA071

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with weather, takeoff - roll/run
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - all available runway - not used, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, takeoff - roll/run

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89316), registered now, S/N 8344, built 1946 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Registry model: [Cessna 140](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (registry code 2071602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 8344
- Airframe hours: 2144
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19870401008199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870401008199A), Apr 1, 1987: Cessna 140, St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. The aircraft overran the runway on landing. The pilot failed to lower the tailwheel in time to stop on the runway.

## Other investigations on N89316 (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC89LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89LA133), Jun 14, 1989: Cessna 140 (N89316), Creve Ceour, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO PLAN THE APPROACH AND MAINTAIN ALIGNMENT WITH THE SOD LANDING STRIP. THE PILOT'S INNATTENTION TO THE GRASS STRIP RESULTED IN A LANDING IN A SOFT WHEAT FIELD.

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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