- Date
- August 28, 1988, 21:30 local (Aug 29, 1988, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N97076Cessna 182Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report October 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880828038229A
- Case key
- 34637
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt said that during a night takeoff roll, he noticed an inoperative airspeed indicator, and elected to abort the takeoff. Unable to stop in the remaining distance, the acft ran off the end of the runway onto the grass overrun collapsing the nose wheel. Post accident inspection revealed an insect in the pitot system causing the airspeed indicator to be inoperative.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N97076
- Reported as
- Cessna 182Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 18266965
- Airframe hours
- 772
- Engine
- Continental O-470-U, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James H. Reiman
- Registered owner
- Reiman, James H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 15, 1988 · 12 hours before
- Departed
- STL · St. Louis, MO
- Destination
- OSU · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STL · Lambert Field, runway 35, 3,008 × 75 ft, concrete
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 480 total · 361 in this make and model · 390 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 320° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.