# NTSB MKC88LA165: Cessna 182Q, N97076, St. Louis, MO, August 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 28, 1988, 21:30 local (Aug 29, 1988, 02:30 UTC)
- Place: St. Louis, MO
- Coordinates: 38.630641, -90.189064 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6306&lon=-90.1891&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 3, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34637
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC88LA165
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34637/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88LA165

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff - roll/run
  - pitot/static system - blocked(total) (cause)
  - flight/nav instruments,airspeed indicator - inoperative (contributing factor)
- Overrun, takeoff - aborted
  - aborted takeoff - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, takeoff - aborted

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97076-2014-04-17), registration cancelled 2014-04-17, S/N 18266965, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 182Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182q) (registry code 2072732) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 18266965
- Airframe hours: 772
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880828038229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880828038229A), Aug 28, 1988: Cessna 182Q, St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. Rejected takeoff due to lack of airspeed reading. Unable to stop. Ran off end of runway. Bug found in pitot system.

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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