- Date
- May 31, 1986, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Saluda, VA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9861MMaule M-4-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860531020289A
- Case key
- 11225
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on final apch, the acft struck the top side of a van which was on a road off the apch end of the rwy. Both main landing gear were sheared off and the plt landed the acft in a grass area along the side of the rwy. The plt reported that a high sink rate developed during final apch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9861M
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1058C
- Airframe hours
- 1,525
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Salvatore Noto
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 1985 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- King George, VA
- Destination
- W75 · Saluda, VA
- Airport
- W75 · Hummel Field, runway 36, 2,500 × 45 ft, asphalt
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 350 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PHF, 34 nm away
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 N9861M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.