# Accident 20040910025699A: Maule M4210C, Gainesville, FL, September 10, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 2004, 11:10 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6900° N, 82.2717° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6900&lon=-82.2717&mi=10
- Aircraft: N270JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N270JM-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-210C (registry code 5460112, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4210C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 80 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL04CA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040910025699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2004 U.S. CIVIL REGISTERED AIRCRAFT (N27JM) A MAULE M-4-210C LANDED AT THE GAINESVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT, FLORIDA ON RUNWAY 6 AT 11:10 LOCAL TIME. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER, TAIL OVER NOSE, COMING TO REST UPSIDE-DOWN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER OCCUPANT. PILOT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER, WHOM HE WAS GIVING A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT TO, WAS NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LANDING CHARACTERISTICS OF A CONVENTIONAL LANDING GEAR AIRCRAFT. THE PASSENGER DEPRESSED THE BRAKES UPON TOUCHDOWN CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER, LEADING TO THE LOSS OF CONTROL, AND THE SUBSEQUENT ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL04CA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL04CA182), Sep 10, 2004: Maule M4-210C (N270JM), Gainesville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-rated passenger's inadvertent interference with the flight controls during landing, which resulted in a loss of control and the airplane nosed over.

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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