- Date
- August 12, 1988, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- St Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N96344Cessna 152
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880812039099A
- Case key
- 34629
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt rprtd that during the flt, he enctrd thunderstorm activity, as well as a downdraft, which resulted in a loss of about 400 ft of alt. Subsequently, the acft was landed in a corn field & was damaged. About 13 mi se at st louis, the visibility was rprtd to be 1.5 mi with heavy thunderstorms, hail & wind gusts to 30 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N96344
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8644
- Airframe hours
- 3,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Schneider, Sidney
- Registered owner
- Sidney Schneider
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 27, 1988
- Departed
- JEF · Jefferson City, MO
- Destination
- 3SQ · St Charles, MO
- Flight plan
- Unknown
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 246 total · 114 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 230° at 8 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,800 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 13 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.