- Date
- September 24, 1983, 15:13 local (20:13 UTC)
- Place
- Brownsville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40310Maule M-4-220C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830924050879A
- Case key
- 21060
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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 took off on a local banner towing flt at 1232 CDT. At about 1510 CDT, he returned & dropped the banner. As he was circling to land, the eng lost power. Subsequently, the acft was damage during a forced landing just short of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40310
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-220C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2080C
- Airframe hours
- 9,157
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-350-C1, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H&R Leasing Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 31, 1983 · 47 hours before
- Airport
- BRO · Brownsville Municipal
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,270 total · 86 in this make and model · 5,989 as pilot in command · 235 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.