- Date
- July 3, 1989, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- St. Charles, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49554Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890703019519A
- Case key
- 34823
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Probable cause
Aircraft control was not maintained by the pilot in command due to improper use of the flight controls in flaring the aircraft for landing and counteracting the effects of the cross-wind on the drifting aircraft.
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 private pilot said that he departed runway 9 in order to practice some local cross-wind takeoffs and ldgs. The surface wind was about 10 to 15 knots and about 70 to 90 degrees from the left of runway heading. The acft bounced hard, became airborne, drifted to the right. The plt elected to continue with the ldg as opposed to making a go-around, due to proximity of parked acft on the ramp. He attempted to brake the acft to a halt prior to entering a bordering cornfield, but the right wing hit the corn field causing the acft to spin and strike the left wing on the terrain. The nose wheel encountered a small gulley and the acft flipped inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49554
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15281310
- Airframe hours
- 2,441
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- St Charles Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Kluten Kamper, Brian
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 23, 1989 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 3SQ · St Charles, MO
- Airport
- 3SQ · St. Charles, runway 9, 3,500 × 50 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
- 18
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 53 in this make and model · 35 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STL, 8 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.