- Date
- April 30, 1978
- Place
- Bethel, AK · BETHEL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9842MMaule M4210C
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780430040459A
- Case key
- 141641
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3595 78/4/30 BETHEL,AK MAULE M4210C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 940 TIME - UNK/NR N9842M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NAPAKIAK,AK BETHEL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- L HORIZ STAB FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9842M
- Reported as
- Maule M4210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9842MRegistration cancelled Sep 18, 2009 · Maule M-4-210CAirframe modelMaule M-4-210CEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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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.