# Accident 19770816029729A: Maule BEEDEEM4, Estes Park Co, CO, August 16, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1977
- Place: Estes Park Co, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N4132C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4132C-1977-11-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule BEE DEE M-4 (registry code 5460102, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-bee-dee-m-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE BEEDEEM4
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 487 total, 195 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770816029729A

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTING TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN.CRASH SITE 10300FT MSL.

## 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 DEN77FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77FA053), Aug 16, 1977: Maule M4 (N4132C), Estes Park, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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