- Date
- February 5, 1984, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Three Forks, MT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9832MMaule M-4S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840205002149A
- Case key
- 16331
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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 plt was flying low toward rising terrain. The airspeed slowed to the point that the point that the acft mushed into the ground and cartwheeled. The plt said he had not removed all the frost on the wings prior to flt and he thought the stall speed was raised by the frost.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9832M
- Reported as
- Maule M-4S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2-S
- Airframe hours
- 1,211
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Alton G. Gaskill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1983
- Destination
- 5U3 · Ennis, MT
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 715 total · 715 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.