- Date
- October 7, 1987, 18:18 local (Oct 8, 1987, 01:18 UTC)
- Place
- Fullerton, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N62008Maule M-5-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871007060239A
- Case key
- 25881
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a pleasure flt, just after take-off, the acft was observed to climb out at an extremely high rate. The acft leveled off momentarily, and the left wing dropped. The acft began to descend and collided with the runway and two parked acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62008
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6057C
- Airframe hours
- 680
- Engine
- Continental IO360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Quigley, David
- Registered owner
- David W. Quigley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1987 · 41 hours before
- Airport
- FUL · Fullerton, runway 24, 3,121 × 75 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 161 total · 51 in this make and model · 74 as pilot in command · 111 in the last 90 days · 53 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FUL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.