- Date
- July 15, 1993, 20:45 local (Jul 16, 1993, 01:45 UTC)
- Place
- Tomahawk, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9810MMaule M4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 17, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930716024259A
- Case key
- 9240
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Probable cause
the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported he landed the airplane hard and it bounced. He elected to abort the landing and attempted to takeoff. The airplane subsequently struck tree tops beyond the end of the runway, and the pilot made a hard, emergency landing in a field.
Factual narrative
On July 15, 1993, about 2045 central daylight time, a Maule M4 airplane, N9810M, sustained substantial damage while landing at Tomahawk Airport, Tomahawk, Wisconsin. The solo private pilot was not injured. The local pleasure flight operated without flight plan in visual meteorological conditions under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot reported he landed hard and bounced three or four times. He applied power and attempted to go around for another landing. During the attempted go around the airplane struck trees, and the pilot elected to make an emergency landing in an adjacent field.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9810M
- Reported as
- Maule M4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1020C
- Airframe hours
- 5,045
- Engine
- Continental IO-360A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas E. Betka
- Registered owner
- Thomas E. Betka
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 14, 1993 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- WI46
- Airport
- WI46 · Tomahawk Regional
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 151 total · 50 in this make and model · 98 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N9810M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.