- Date
- May 28, 1988, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N89443Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880528025469A
- Case key
- 34578
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Following a landing apch at the end of a student solo cross country flight, a full flap go around was attempted. Witnesses said the acft was higher than normal, and after passing over more than one half of the usable runway, the pilot initiated a go around. The plt said he was in a full flap configuration and was unable to accelerate the acft sufficiently to retract flaps. The aircraft stalled and nosed into an adjacent field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89443
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282752
- Airframe hours
- 4,221
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- St. Charles Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Keiml & Phoebe Baird
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 20, 1988 · 8 hours before
- Departed
- COU · Columbia, MO
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 3SQ · St. Charles, runway 27, 3,500 × 50 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
- 19
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30 total · 29 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 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.