- Date
- May 12, 1973
- Place
- Pilot Point, AK · PILOT POINT, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N40347Maule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730512020289A
- Case key
- 189916
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2504 73/5/12 NR.PILOT POINT,ALAS MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 37, 980 TIME - 1600 N40347 PX- 0 0 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 850 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PILOT POINT,ALAS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE TERRAIN - HIDDEN OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SOURCE OF ENG FIRE UNDTRMD.ACFT CONSUMED BY FIRE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40347
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pilot Point
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.