- Date
- December 24, 1973
- Place
- Cordele, TX · CORDELE, TX
- Injuries
- 4 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2005UMaule M4220C
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731224040209A
- Case key
- 187557
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3687 73/12/24 CORDELE,TEX MAULE M4220C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 219 TIME - 1330 N2005U PX- 0 3 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORDELE,TEX AUSTIN,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PLT CIRCLING OVER HIS RANCH,LOST CTL.RECOVERED JUST BFOR IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2005U
- Reported as
- Maule M4220C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.