- Date
- May 27, 1970
- Place
- San Clemnte, CA · SAN CLEMNTE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4604TMaule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report October 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1217 70/5/27 SAN CLEMNTE,CALIF MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 623 TIME - 1645 N4604T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 523 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CAPISTRANO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARLSBAD,CALIF SANTA ANA,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED IN CONSTRUCTION AREA COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- APRX 80Z WATER DRAINED FROM L FUEL TANK.1/2-10Z WATER FOUND IN STRAINER.FUEL SELECTOR L TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4604T
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Capistrano
N4604TRegistered now · Maule M-4-210Airframe modelMaule M-4-210Engine modelContinental IO-360 series
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.
Other investigations on N4604T · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.