# Accident 20050124000849A: Maule M4210C, Mcalester, OK, January 24, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2005, 13:45 local time
- Place: Mcalester, OK
- Airport: Mcalester Regionall Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8822° N, 95.7833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8822&lon=-95.7833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9866M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9866M-2018-01-10) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO360CONT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050124000849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM MISSISSIPPI TO COLORADO WHEN HE RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR MCALESTER, OK (KMLC). PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH MCALESTER UNICOM WHEN THE ENGINE DIED AND REPORTED HIS INTENDED LANDING FIELD. PILOT TOLD FBO OPERATOR AND OTHER PRIVATE CITIZENS AT SCENE THAT HE WAS NOT HURT AND THAT HE HAD RUN OUT OF FUEL. PILOT LEFT THE SCENE BEFORE FAA IIC ARRIVED. AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING THE HARD LANDING IN A FIELD JUST SOUTH OF KMLC. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE FUEL IN THE TANKS DURING THE INVESTIGATION BY THE IIC. THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY OTHER PRE-IMPACT DAMAGE THAT MAY HAVE LED TO A FORCED LANDING. PILOT STATED THAT KMLC WAS HIS INTENDED FUEL STOP.

## 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 DFW05CA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05CA061), Jan 24, 2005: Maule M-4-210C (N9866M), McAlister, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as result of the pilot's improper fuel calculations, and his inadequate in-flight planning decision. A contributing factor was the pilot's failure to…

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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