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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-4 · Mountain Home, ID · February 12, 1994

Date: February 12, 1994 · 13:30 local
Place: Mountain Home, ID
Airport: Mountain Home Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N12032
Reported as: Maule M4
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 130 total20 in this make and model

N12032Registered now · Maule M-4S/N 42 · Built 1963 Airframe modelMaule M-4 Engine modelContinental 0-300 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on February 12, 1994 at approximately 1330 N12032, a Maule M-4, with Mr. Robert dale riebe as PIC and one passenger made a VFR landing at U76 on runway 10. After a rollout of two hundred feet or more a crosswind deflected the aircraft to the left. Mr. Riebe stated the control surface (rudder) was ineffective, so he increased engine power to try and gain rudder control. The application of power was too late and the aircraft continued off the runway over a drainage ditch and glanced a rise off a rise on the other side of the ditch and stopped short of a fence. The results of this excursion was bent prop, two main landing gear bent and the cowling underside was damaged. There were no personal injuries.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON FEBRUARY 12, 1994 AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 N12032, A MAULE M-4, WITH MR. ROBERT DALE RIEBE AS PIC AND ONE PASSENGER MADE A VFR LANDING AT U76 ON RUNWAY 10. AFTER A ROLLOUT OF TWO HUNDRED FEET OR MORE A CROSSWIND DEFLECTED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. MR. RIEBE STATED THE CONTROL SURFACE (RUDDER) WAS INEFFECTIVE, SO HE INCREASED ENGINE POWER TO TRY AND GAIN RUDDER CONTROL. THE APPLICATION OF POWER WAS TOO LATE AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF THE RUNWAY OVER A DRAINAGE DITCH AND GLANCED A RISE OFF A RISE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DITCH AND STOPPED SHORT OF A FENCE. THE RESULTS OF THIS EXCURSION WAS BENT PROP, TWO MAIN LANDING GEAR BENT AND THE COWLING UNDERSIDE WAS DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES.