- Date
- May 4, 1983, 16:05 local (23:05 UTC)
- Place
- Hesperia, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4624TMaule M4-210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830504017119A
- Case key
- 23699
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft made a hard landing off the runway on an airport during a forced landing. According to the pilot the acft had just come out of annual inspection and it was noted that the fuel selector valve handle was broken. A new valve was ordered and a temporary handle was put on the valve. During a run in flt on may 3 the engine quit but the pilot was ableto land on an airport. The pilot called his mechanic to bring fuel and they added 5 gallons to the right tank. The pilotwas convinced by the mechanic to wait before ferry of the acft was to be accomplished. The pilot came back the next day with 10 gals of fuel and still not knowing which tank the selector was on put 5 gals in each tank. This made 10 gals in rt tank and 5 gals in the left. The pilot took off after checking the engine and 3 minutes later the engine quit. He wasable to land adjacent to the runway where the gear collapsed. Investigation revealed the selector was on left tank. One and one half gals in each tank was unusable. There was only a trace in the left tank and approx 7 gals in the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4624T
- Reported as
- Maule M4-210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1026
- Airframe hours
- 716
- Engine
- Continental IO-36OA, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Hilly, Donald W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 20, 1982 · 122 hours before
- Destination
- L6F · Rialto, CA
- Airport
- L26 · Hesperia Air Lodge, runway 21, 3,750 × 50 ft, asphalt
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,240 total · 131 in this make and model · 1,065 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VCV, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.