# NTSB MKC83LA009: Smith Miniplane, N41W, Bates City, MO, October 17, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 17, 1982, 16:45 local (21:45 UTC)
- Place: Bates City, MO
- Coordinates: 39.000129, -94.070358 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0001&lon=-94.0704&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 17, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69888
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69888/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA009

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - uphill (contributing factor)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear - overload (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41W), registered now, S/N 1BW, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SMITH MINIPLANE
- Registry model: [Wielt-Smith MINIPLANE](https://openairdocs.org/model/wielt-smith-miniplane) (registry code 056016U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1BW
- Airframe hours: 644
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821017058199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821017058199A), Oct 17, 1982: Amtrsm MINIPLANE*, Bates City, MO, Substantial damage. Pilot made hard landing. Landing gear struts dug into ground causing aircraft to flip inverted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.