Saint Charles Municipal Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Saint Charles, Missouri 63301
Tuesady, July 10, 2001 14:30 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

The pilot reported that the nose gear collapsed during a hard landing.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

the inadequate flare by the pilot.

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 7/10/2001
Event Day of the Week Tuesday
Time of Event 1430
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City Saint Charles
Event State MISSOURI
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 63301
Event Date Year 2001
Event Date Month 7
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude --
Event Location Longitude --
Event Location Airport Saint Charles Municipal
Event Location Nearest Airport ID 3SQ
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles --
Degrees magnetic from airport --
Airport Elevation 442
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1154 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 360
Weather Observation Facility ID SET
Elevation of weather observation facility 439
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 9
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height --
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height --
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Clear
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) --
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) --
Visibility (Statute Miles) 10
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 32
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 22
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 270
Variable Wind Indicator Wind direction could be determined
Wind Speed (knots) 9
Wind Velocity Indicator --
Wind Gust Indicator Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 29.89
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation --
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries --
On Ground, Minor Injuries --
On Ground, Serious Injuries --
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 1
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 11725
NTSB Notification Source FAA
NTSB Notification Date Jul 16 2001 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1314
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information DMS
Date of most recent change to record Jun 3 2002 12:16PM
User who most recently changed record NTSB\MONR
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office Saint Louis FSDO

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N9657T
NTSB Number CHI01LA208
Missing Aircraft Indicator --
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? No
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name Cessna
Aircraft Model 210
Aircraft Series Identifier --
Aircraft Serial Number 57457
Certified Max Gross Weight 2900
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual
Date of Last Inspection Mar 1 2001 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 31.4
Airframe Hours 3224
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated Unknown
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name Robert and Laura Singh
Aircraft Owner Street Address 256 Leland Dr S
Aircraft Owner City Battle Creek
Aircraft Owner State MI
Aircraft Owner Country USA
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 49015
Operator is an individual? No
Operator Name Geroge Bratcher
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 3517 S Mings Rd
Operator City Battlecreek
Operator State MI
Operator Country USA
Operator Zip code 49015
Operator Code --
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? --
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation --
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code BTL
Departure City Battle Creek
Departure State MI
Departure Country USA
Departure Time 1300
Departure Time Zone CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code 3SQ
Destination City Saint Charles
Destination State MO
Destination Country USA
Specific Phase of Flight Landing
Report sent to ICAO? No
Evacuation occurred No
Date of most recent change to record May 2 2002 2:04PM
User who most recently changed record SULP
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 27
Runway Length 3451
Runway Width 49
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --