- Date
- May 22, 1987, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6136QCessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870522016099A
- Case key
- 34386
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he departed St. Louis downtown-parks airport (cps) on a round-robin flight with planned stops at st. clair memorial airport (K39), Missouri, and richland municipal airport (M034), Missouri. The return flight to cps included another stop at K39. No refueling was performed enroute, according to the pilot and the FAA. The engine began running rough after 3 hours and 55 minutes of flight time, and subsequently lost power, forcing the pilot to attempt an off-airport landing. The aircraft nosed over when the nose gear collapsed during impact. A post-accident inspection of the aircraft failed to find any significant amount of fuel in the tanks and there were no pre-existing discrepancies found in the powerplant to suggest an engine failure. The aircraft came to rest 3 miles short of a suitable aerodrome.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6136Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15285160
- Airframe hours
- 2,553
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- St. Louis University, doing business as Parks College
- Registered owner
- Cessna Finance Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 30, 1987 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- K39 · St. Clair, MO
- Destination
- CPS · Cahokia, IL
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 128 total · 90 in this make and model · 95 as pilot in command · 4 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CPS, 15 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 N6136Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.