- Date
- October 17, 1982, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bates City, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N41WSmith Miniplane
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821017058199A
- Case key
- 69888
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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.
Hard landing
Terrain condition - uphillFactor
Flare - improperCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The pilot stated he landed on a sod strip which has a slight uphill incline. He stated the touchdown was hard and the main gear splayed out. The struts then dug into the sod and the aircraft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41W
- Reported as
- Smith Miniplane
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1BW
- Airframe hours
- 644
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bud E. Wielt
- Registered owner
- Bud E. Wielt
- Departed
- 84K · Clinton, MO
- Destination
- 3GV · Grain Valley, MO
- Airport
- Ike Church Farm, runway 26, 2,000 × 0 ft, grass/turf
N41WRegistered now · Wielt-Smith MINIPLANEAirframe modelWielt-Smith MINIPLANEEngine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Invalid Medical for flight
- Flight hours
- 27,913 total · 644 in this make and model · 27,663 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 140 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.