# Incident 20050723018109I: Maule M4C, Charleston, ME, July 23, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2005, 11:00 local time
- Place: Charleston, ME
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0851° N, 69.0406° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0851&lon=-69.0406&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9838M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9838M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4C (registry code 5460105, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 266 total, 42 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050723018109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON HIS FOURTH LANDING, HE STATED THAT HE WAS TOO HIGH, LOWERED NOSE, INCREASED SPEED, LANDED LONG, APPLIED BRAKES AND AS HE WAS SLOWING DOWN, NOSE WENT OVER AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND. HE STATED THAT ONE PROP BLADE WAS BENT AND THE NOSE CONE AND COWLING HAD A DENT.

## Other reports on N9838M (1)

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

- [Accident 20120809027169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120809027169A), Aug 9, 2012: Maule M-4C (N9838M), Lincoln, ME, Substantial damage. First pilot invited second pilot to accompany him on a familiarization flight as second pilot had more experience in make/model aircraft. Second pilot was…

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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