# NTSB CHI83LA266: Maule M4-220C, N40338, Green Township, IN, June 20, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1983, 19:30 local (Jun 20, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: Green Township, IN
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12219
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA266
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12219/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA266

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with object, landing
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4-220C
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2113C
- Airframe hours: 685
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 38; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830619029479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830619029479A), Jun 19, 1983: Maule M4220C, Churubusco, IN, Destroyed. During aborted landing and go around, aircraft struck wires and then tree before crashing to ground.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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