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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Maule M4 · Bowman, ND · May 3, 1979

Date
May 3, 1979 · 07:40 local
Place
Bowman, ND
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N2078U
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC79FA028
Reported as
Maule M4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total500 in this make and model40 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 searching for cattle. Aircraft impacted the ground at high rate of speed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT SEARCHING FOR CATTLE. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT HIGH RATE OF SPEED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.