- Date
- August 16, 2004, 08:45 local (14:45 UTC)
- Place
- Dubois, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N167MCMaule M-6-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20040816017749A
- Case key
- 59913
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Probable cause
the pilot's misjudgment of altitude/distance resulting in an undershoot of the runway.
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
According to the pilot, he was attempting to land on a private airstrip, and he misjudged the approach, landing approximately 15 yards short. The impact collapsed both main landing gear assemblies.
Factual narrative
On August 16, 2004, at approximately 0845 mountain daylight time, a Maule M-6-235, N167MC, piloted by a private pilot, was substantially damaged when it struck terrain while landing at a private airstrip approximately 18 nautical miles north of Dubois, Wyoming. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The local flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The flight departed Dubois Municipal Airport, (U25), Dubois Wyoming, at approximately 0830.
According to the pilot, he was maneuvering near a private airstrip and decided to land. The pilot said that, he misjudged the approach and "landed short," approximately 15 yards from the end of the runway. The impact collapsed both main landing gear assemblies.
The pilot did not provide a Pilot Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB form 6120.1/2) for this accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N167MC
- Reported as
- Maule M-6-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10011C
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mike Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- U52 · Dubois, WY
- Destination
- U52 · Dubois, WY
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 680 total · 175 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.