- Date
- May 25, 1985, 20:00 local (May 26, 1985, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Jamestown, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N30079Eaa Biplane BI-PLANE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 33952
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - crop
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Analysis
While practicing touch & go landings in a fld which was partially cleared, the main gear became entangled in wheat which bordered the edge of the cleared area. The plt stated he misjudged the distance needed to clear the obstacle.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30079
- Reported as
- Eaa Biplane BI-PLANE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1220
- Airframe hours
- 535
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-G, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Fowler
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 7, 1985
- Departed
- Jamestown, MO
- Destination
- California, MO
N30079Registration cancelled Sep 5, 2012 · Eaa Biplane PAirframe modelEaa Biplane PEngine modelLycoming 0-290 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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 19 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- COU, 12 nm away