# NTSB MKC85LA116: Eaa Biplane BI-PLANE, N30079, Jamestown, MO, May 26, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 25, 1985, 20:00 local (May 26, 1985, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Jamestown, MO
- Coordinates: 38.760334, -92.469612 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7603&lon=-92.4696&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33952
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33952/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA116

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff - initial climb
  - terrain condition - crop
  - clearance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30079-2012-09-05), registration cancelled 2012-09-05, S/N 1220, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: EAA BIPLANE BI-PLANE
- Registry model: [Eaa Biplane P](https://openairdocs.org/model/eaa-biplane-p) (registry code 33601H1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-290 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (registry code 41506, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1220
- Airframe hours: 535
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 33; 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

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.

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