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MKC88FA041

1988-01-18 · HAZELWOOD, Missouri, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport STL

N200RS has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (DJI AGRAS T40), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

PROPER GLIDE PATH NOT MAINTAINED BY P.I.C., DECISION HEIGHT NOT IDENTIFIED BY THE P.I.C., MISSED APPROACH NOT PERFORMED BY THE P.I.C. TURNING ON LIGHTS IN OVERCAST.

Factual narrative

THE PAX SAID THAT THE APPROACH APPEARED NORMAL UNTIL THE PILOT TURNED ON THE LDG LIGHTS WHILE IN THE OVERCAST. SECONDS AFTER, THE ACFT IMPACTED TREES, CAREENING OUT OF CONTROL, AND SNAPPING POWER LINES; THEN STRIKING A HOUSE ROOF BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE BEGAN TO BURN AS IT WENT THROUGH THE POWER LINES. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS AT OR ABOVE IFR LANDING MINIMUMS. THE FLIGHT HAD BEEN IN A HOLDING PATTERN FOR FORTY FIVE MINUTES PRIOR TO COMMENCING THE APPROACH. ALL OF THE AIRCRAFT'S SYSTEMS AND POWERPLANTS, AS WELL AS THE FAA APPROACH FACILITIES, WERE DETERMINED TO BE IN WORKING ORDER. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_MKC88FA041.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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