Plane Crash List

Cessna 140 N89316

1 April 1987 · Creve Coeur, Missouri, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 1 April 1987 at about 17:40 local time, a Cessna 140 registered N89316, operated by George Abner Benson, was involved in an accident near Creve Coeur, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 17:40
Classification
Accident
Location
Creve Coeur, Missouri, United States
Nearest airport
Creve Coeur (1HO)
Coordinates
38.6608, -90.4597
Aircraft
Cessna 140
Registration
N89316
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
George Abner Benson
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Creve Coeur → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
MKC87LA071

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PIC WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS IN GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS. PIC LANDED LONG, AND AFTER ROLLING A SHORT DISTANCE, PERCEIVED THAT THE WIND DIRECTION HAD CHANGED. THE PIC STATED THAT THIS NEW WIND DIRECTION WAS NOW MORE OF A TAILWIND. THE PIC DID NOT SELECT A GO-AROUND AND MAINTAINED DIRECTIONAL CONTROL UNTIL RUNNING OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED SOFT TERRAIN AND NOSED OVER INVERTED. WEATHER OBSERVATION FROM A NEARBY FSS RECORDED NO WIND CHANGENEAR THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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