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NTSB accident investigation · Maule M-5 · Greenville, KY · May 7, 1979

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
May 7, 1979
Place
Greenville, KY · GREENVILLE, KY
Injuries
1 serious, 1 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Standing
Aircraft
N9101EMaule M-5
Status
Completed · report October 26, 1979
Report
Brief approved by the director
FAA report
19790507016129A
Case key
135529

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3470   79/5/7    GREENVILLE,KY       MAULE M-5           CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 400
        TIME - 2030                    N9101E              PX-  0  1  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MUHLENBERG COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GREENVILLE,KY               LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON                       STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S)
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT
        REMARKS- PAX SAID DRANK 3 BEERS BEFORE FLT.TOLD PLT TO WAIT,EXITED ACFT HURRIEDLY,WALKED INTO PROP.

Aircraft

Registration
N9101E
Reported as
Maule M-5
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
No damage
Airport
Muhlenberg County

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FAA reports on this event · 1

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Other investigations on N9101E · 1

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