- Date
- July 10, 1987, 16:14 local (21:14 UTC)
- Place
- Houston, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N40684Maule M-4-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870710074789A
- Case key
- 22400
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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 instructor plt (CFI) stated that drg the preflt, he & the student drained about 1 pint of water from the left wing tank & a small amount from the lower eng sump drain. No water was found in the rgt tank. The left tank was selected & a 12 to 15 min eng run-up was made before taking off. Drg the initial climb after takeoff, the eng lost power. The CFI took control of the acft & made an emerg lndg in a pasture. While lndg, the acft enctrd rapidly rising terrain & the gear collapsed. A post-acdnt exam revealed there was water & rust in the fuel injector servo, distributor,lines/nozzles, fuel pump, gascolator & connecting lines. An estimated 1 pint of water was drained from the fuel sys after the acdnt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40684
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1083C
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Leonard T. Bayer
- Registered owner
- Leonard T Bayer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- T17
- Airport
- T17 · Weiser Air Park, runway 9, 3,467 × 40 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 13,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N40684 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.