- Date
- July 6, 1984, 20:00 local (Jul 7, 1984, 04:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wasilla, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4606TMaule M-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840706030799A
- Case key
- 4321
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft landed short of the rwy during a forced landing. The plt said he switched fuel tanks 3 minutes piror to landingand the engine quit on downwind leg. Restart attempts were unsuccessful. Attempts to further question the plt have been unsuccessful.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4606T
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1021
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert W. Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 1984
- Departed
- Wasilla, AK
- Airport
- Private Strip, runway 9, 1,800 × 300 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 348 total · 200 in this make and model · 320 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 19 °F
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 N4606T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.