# NTSB MKC88LA101: Cessna 152, N89443, St. Charles, MO, May 28, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 28, 1988, 13:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place: St. Charles, MO
- Coordinates: 38.790004, -90.509056 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7900&lon=-90.5091&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 8, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34578
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA101
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34578/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA101

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - planned approach - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - raising of flaps - not performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89443-1989-03-21), registration cancelled 1989-03-21, S/N 15282752 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Registry model: [Cessna 152](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-152) (registry code 2071835) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15282752
- Airframe hours: 4221
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 19; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880528025469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880528025469A), May 28, 1988: Cessna 152, St Charles, MO, Substantial damage. Too high, tried to go around with full flaps and too slow . Stalled and nosed into an adjacent 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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