# Accident 19740705019279A: Maule M4210C, Lake Tahoe, CA, July 5, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1974
- Place: Lake Tahoe, CA
- Airport: Lake Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 38.8939° N, 119.9953° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE TAHOE (TVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8939&lon=-119.9953&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51431, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51431-1998-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-210C (registry code 5460112, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4210C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,672 total, 156 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK75DXQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DXQ04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740705019279A

## Narrative

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

GUSTING TO 20K.

## 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 OAK75DXQ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK75DXQ04), Jul 5, 1974: Maule M-4 (N51431), Lake Tahoe, CA, substantial damage

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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