- Date
- June 19, 1983, 19:30 local (Jun 20, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Green Township, IN
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40338Maule M4-220C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830619029479A
- Case key
- 12219
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with object
Weather condition - tailwindFactor
Airspeed - misjudgedFactor
Distance - misjudgedFactor
Aborted landing - performedFactor
Go-around - delayedCause
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
Analysis
The pilot tried to land downwind but his airspeed was too high and the go-around was started too late. During climbout the landing gear caught on a telephone cable which arrested the acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40338
- Reported as
- Maule M4-220C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2113C
- Airframe hours
- 685
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-350-C1, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Phillip A. Mccoy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1982
- Airport
- runway 27, 2,900 × ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 185 total · 91 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.