- Date
- November 30, 1989, 16:20 local (22:20 UTC)
- Place
- Creve Coeur, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N106SCSaint Louis YPT-15
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891130047809A
- Case key
- 34918
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. Contribuiting to the accident was the sun glare.
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 pilot said that he lost directional control during the landing roll and ground looped the tail wheel configured bi-plane. The left wing dug into the ground and the aircraft came to rest, nose down. The pilot said that he was landing directly into the sun and may have had visual problems.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N106SC
- Reported as
- Saint Louis YPT-15
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 106
- Engine
- Wright R-975-32, 450 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shaver, Michael D.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Airport
- 1H0 · Creve Coeur, runway 25, 3,020 × 175 ft, grass/turf
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 271 total · 12 in this make and model · 217 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SUS, 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.