- Date
- August 16, 1979
- Place
- Virginia Dale, CO · VIRGINIA DALE, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9843MMaule M4-210
- Status
- Completed · report October 17, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790816019809A
- Case key
- 134767
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3378 79/8/16 NR.VIRGINIA DALE,CO MAULE M4-210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 307 TIME - 1030 N9843M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DIRT ROAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VIRGINIA DALE,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 58 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 300 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- D/A APPROX 9200FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9843M
- Reported as
- Maule M4-210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dirt Road
N9843MRegistration cancelled Mar 4, 2023 · Maule M-4-210CAirframe modelMaule M-4-210CEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9843M · 3
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