- Date
- July 4, 1974
- Place
- Gillette, WY · GILLETTE, WY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2054UMaule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740704019229A
- Case key
- 128186
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1802 74/7/4 GILLETTE,WYO MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 9460 TIME - 1045 N2054U PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 111 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GILLETTE-CAMPBELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GILLETTE,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2054U
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gillette-Campbell
N2054URegistered now · Maule M-4-220CAirframe modelMaule M-4-220CEngine modelFranklin 6A&6V335 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.