# Incident 20000831024059I: Maule M4180C, Butte, MT, August 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2000, 12:44 local time
- Place: Butte, MT
- Airport: Bert Mooney
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9548° N, 112.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BERT MOONEY (BTM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9548&lon=-112.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2062U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2062U) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-180C (registry code 5460132, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A-350SER (registry code 27023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-350ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4180C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000831024059I

## Narrative

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

(-23)PILOT STATED HE MADE A HARD LANDING THAT RESULTED IN FAILURE OF THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STRUT. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION OF FAILED COMPONENT REVEALS STRUT HAD BEEN REPAIRED PREVIOUSLY USING SUSPECTED IMPROPER PORCEDURE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^                                                                  THIS ISSUE IS BEING ADDRESSED IN A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION BY INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DA^ REGARDING HIS OPERATION OF THIS AIRCRAFT EARLIER THE SAME DAY WHEN HE TOOK OFF FROM A PUBLIC HIGHWAY CREATING A HAZARD TO MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC.  THE ISSUE OF THE IMPROPER GEAR STRUT REPAIR IS ALSO BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH THAT INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N2062U (3)

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

- [Accident 19830115000919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830115000919A), Jan 15, 1983: Maule M4180C (N2062U), Brainerd, MN, Substantial damage. Engine quit on test flight for aircraft rigging. Landed in a snow covered field and nosed over. Cause unknown.
- [Accident 19780607014279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780607014279A), Jun 7, 1978: Maule M4 (N2062U), North Pole,Ak, AK, Substantial damage. Eng pump diaphram,intake valve deteriorated. Elect pump shaft shearedwater,sediment in fuel.
- [Accident 19740827028399A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740827028399A), Aug 27, 1974: Maule M4T (N2062U), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. Lnd on hill side.

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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