- Date
- April 17, 1982, 23:15 local (Apr 18, 1982, 05:15 UTC)
- Place
- Kirbyville, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N62003Maule M-5-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820417009789A
- Case key
- 71276
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
On 4/17/82, N62003 departed woodville, TX under visual meteorological conditions on a flight to Kirbyville, TX. The pilot stated that the attitude gyro had always been slow to erect and was still showing 10 degrees right bank when he arrived at Kirbyville. He also stated that he had the runway lights in sight and approximately 200 feet. From the runway the windshield fogged up and the landing lights blinded him. The pilot attempted a go around but collided with the ground a short time later. The pilot stated, "if I had a properly operating gyro horizon, a glance would have told me I had a nose down condition and I could have established a normal climb out."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62003
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6056C
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Bread Of Life Baptist Mission
- Registered owner
- James M. Robertson
- Departed
- 09R · Woodville, TX
- Destination
- Danvers, MA
- Airport
- T12 · Kirbyville, runway 30, 3,000 × 45 ft, asphalt
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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 547 total · 140 in this make and model · 410 as pilot in command · 53 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BPT, 32 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N62003 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.