- Date
- August 12, 1973
- Place
- Pine Valley, CA · PINE VALLEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9851MMaule M4
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 188782
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0020 73/8/12 NR.PINE VALLEY,CALIF MAULE M4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 348 TIME - 1210 N9851M PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEXICALI,BAJA CALIF SAN DIEGO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT ASSUMED OIL PROBLEM FROM TEMP GAGE.LATER INVES FOUND SYS OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9851M
- Reported as
- Maule M4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
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Other investigations on N9851M · 3
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