- Date
- February 14, 1975
- Place
- Chiraco Summit, CA · CHIRACO SUMMIT, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N40654Maule M4220C
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750214004729A
- Case key
- 147728
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0560 75/2/14 NR.CHIRACO SUMMIT,CA MAULE M4220C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 426 TIME - 0948 N40654 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 190 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV MEXICALI,MEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG FAILED INTERNALLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40654
- Reported as
- Maule M4220C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N40654Registration cancelled May 5, 2015 · Maule M-4-220CAirframe modelMaule M-4-220CEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N40654 · 1
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