- Date
- October 26, 1968
- Place
- Midway, KY · MIDWAY, KY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9826MMaule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108027
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3777 68/10/26 MIDWAY,KY MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 253 TIME - 1640 N9826M PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 198 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WALDEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- STRUCK WIRES DURING LOW APPCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9826M
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Walden
N9826MRegistered now · Maule M-4-210CAirframe modelMaule M-4-210CEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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