# Incident 19780517035029I: Maule M4220C, Smyrna, TN, May 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1978, 17:45 local time
- Place: Smyrna, TN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9675° N, 86.5253° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smyrna, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9675&lon=-86.5253&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40694, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40694) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4C (registry code 5460105, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4220C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 50 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780517035029I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT IN FLIGHT. FLIPPED OVER AFTER LANDING IN SOFT GROUND.

## Other reports on N40694 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20210201000499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210201000499I), Feb 1, 2021: Maule M-4C (N40694), Greeley, CO, Minor damage. On February 1st, 2021 at approximately 1120 MST N40694, a Maule M-4C ground looped after landing on runway 35 at Greeley-Weld County Airport (kgxy), in…
- [Accident 19740401007889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740401007889A), Apr 1, 1974: Maule M4220C (N40694), Brighton, CO, Substantial damage. Landed on wet and rutted sod field. Fuel qty ind inaccurate.

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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