# Incident 20051222033549I: Maule M4, Devils Lake, ND, December 22, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2005, 10:00 local time
- Place: Devils Lake, ND
- Airport: Devils Lake Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.1166° N, 98.9100° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEVILS LAKE RGNL (DVL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.1166&lon=-98.9100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4717T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4717T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4 (registry code 5460104, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-300 series (registry code 17022, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4
- Reported engine: CONT O300*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,460 total, 20 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051222033549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HIS ENGINE LOST POWER FOLLOWING THE APPLICATION OF CARBURETOR HEAT DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 31 AT THE DEVILS LAKE, ND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RE-START THE ENGINE HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ONTO THE RUNWAY END IT ENCOUNTERED A SNOW BERM AND NOSED UP ONTO THE ENGINE COWL. THE DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO A BENT PROPELLER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE ENSUED. THE FLIGHT WAS BEING OPERATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 14 CFR PART 91. EXAMINATION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO ANOMALIES. CARBURETOR ICE APPARENTLY FORMED DUE TO LATE APPLICATION OF CARBURETOR HEAT. THE MELTED ICE THEN ENTERED THE ENGINE CAUSING THE POWER INTERRUPTION. THE AIRCRAFT HAD RECENTLY BEEN PURCHASED BY THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N4717T (1)

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

- [Incident 20040212008559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040212008559I), Feb 12, 2004: Maule M4 (N4717T), Honesdale, PA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was giving instruction to student. They made 6 takeoffs/landings to a full stop without incident. On another takeoff, the aircraft engine sputtered…

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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