# Accident 19730512020289A: Maule M4220C, Pilot Point, AK, May 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 1973
- Place: Pilot Point, AK
- Airport: Pilot Point
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 57.5804° N, 157.5720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PILOT POINT (PNP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5804&lon=-157.5720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40347, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40347-2011-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-220C (registry code 5460114, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-220c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4220C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 980 total, 850 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC73FAG92](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73FAG92) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730512020289A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SOURCE OF ENG FIRE UNDTRMD.ACFT CONSUMED BY FIRE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ANC73FAG92](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC73FAG92), May 12, 1973: Maule M-4 (N40347), Pilot Point, AK, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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