# Accident 20021127034019A: Maule M4210, Creede, CO, November 27, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Creede, CO
- Airport: Mineral County Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8222° N, 106.9299° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MINERAL COUNTY MEML (C24), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8222&lon=-106.9299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4746T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4746T-2004-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule BEE DEE M-4-210 (registry code 5460106, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-bee-dee-m-4-210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4210
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021127034019A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT HAD JUST BEEN IN ALAMOSA (ALS) AND HAD A FLAT TAIL WHEEL. AFTER GETTING IT REPAIRED IN ALAMOSA, HE FLEW TO CREEDE CO. MINERAL COUNTY MEMORIAL AIRPORT (Q39) 1630 MST. ON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY 25 (6,880 FEET BY 60 FEET, DRY ASPHALT) INTO A GULLY, AS HE APPLIED RUDDER TO CORRECT, THE RIGHT MAIN STRUCK A LARGE BOULDER AND BROKE THE GEAR AFT, THE OUTBOARD PORTIONS OF THE LEFT AND RIGHT WINGS NEAR THE TIPS WERE BROKEN AND TORN. THE LEFT WING STRUT WAS BENT AFT. THE PROPELLER SHOWED CHORDWISE SCRATCHES. FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS CONFIRMED. NO INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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