35.0810° N, 87.4395° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Loretto, TN, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
June 15, 1978 · 14:30 local
Place
Loretto, TN
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N40350
Reported as
Maule M4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
227 total55 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed on a short grass strip in no wind, applied brakes, flipped over.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED ON A SHORT GRASS STRIP IN NO WIND, APPLIED BRAKES, FLIPPED OVER.