- Date
- December 18, 1988, 13:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Creve Coeur, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N757YECessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881218054699A
- Case key
- 34736
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot said that after practicing locally and returning to the base airport, he discovered the winds to be greater than anticipated. On his third attempt to land, he bounced twice, then lost control and hit nose first on the runway. An eighty degree crosswind of 18, gusting to 30 knots existed at the time of the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N757YE
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15280103
- Airframe hours
- 2,519
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Neuroth, John L.
- Registered owner
- Neuroth, John L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- 1HO · Creve Couer, MO
- Airport
- 1H0 · Davster Flying Field, runway 16, 2,258 × 28 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
- 28
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 21 total · 21 in this make and model · 2 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 18 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 25 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS, 10 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.
Other investigations on N757YE · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.