- Date
- August 25, 1984, 09:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrence, KS
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1915SShindler-Smiley THE Blue MAX
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840825045829A
- Case key
- 33550
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While in cruise flt, plt noted rising oil temp and decreasing oil press, and elected to make a precuationary landing in open alfalfa field. During landing flare, acft stalled, right wing dropped then left wing dropped to ground contact. Engine exam disclosed no failures/malfunctions.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1915S
- Reported as
- Shindler-Smiley THE Blue MAX (THE BLUE M)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- SS-1
- Airframe hours
- 80
- Engine
- Continental C-75-12, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert M. Smiley
- Registered owner
- Kenneth H. & Robert M. Smiley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 19, 1984 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- K34 · Gardner, KS
- Destination
- FOE · Topeka, KS
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 450 total · 80 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 10 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.