- Date
- October 13, 1978
- Place
- Palmer, AK · PALMER, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2048UMaule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report November 27, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781013029069A
- Case key
- 147498
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3043 78/10/13 PALMER,AK MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 34 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N2048U PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PALMER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALMER,AK RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2048U
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Palmer
N2048URegistration cancelled Oct 16, 2012 · Maule M-4-220CAirframe modelMaule M-4-220CEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 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.
Other investigations on N2048U · 1
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