# NTSB CHI84LA236: Maule M-4, N540JC, Middletown, OH, June 10, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 10, 1984, 15:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place: Middletown, OH
- Coordinates: 39.559127, -84.419952 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5591&lon=-84.4200&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12650
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84LA236
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12650/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84LA236

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

PLT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A 3 POINT STALL LANDING WHEN A GUST OF WIND WAS ENCOUNTERED, RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING. PLT REPORTED THE WIND WAS GUSTING TO 20 KTS.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N540JC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N540JC), registered now, S/N 33, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-4
- Registry model: [Maule M-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4) (registry code 5460104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 33
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J1A50 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Charles L.Willis
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, December 31, 1983
- Departed: MWO, MIDDLETOWN, OH
- Airport: MWO, Hook Municipal, runway 23, 6,100 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 370 total, 33 in this make and model, 297 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 230° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CVG, 30 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840610023419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840610023419A), Jun 10, 1984: Maule M4, Middletown, OH, Substantial damage. Gust of wind caused hard landing. Right main gear failed.

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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