- Date
- September 3, 1984, 17:00 local (Sep 4, 1984, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Tok, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9820MMaule M-4-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840903045749A
- Case key
- 4363
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selectedCause
Analysis
The acft landed on an unimproved airstrip and the landing gear collapsed during the landing roll. The plt indicated he should have avoided the rough airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9820M
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1008C
- Airframe hours
- 900
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas A. Bear
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 11, 1983 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- Unknown
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 50 in this make and model · 550 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 10 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.