# NTSB MIA67A0131: Maule M4, N9818M, Crossville, TN, June 30, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 30, 1967
- Place: Crossville, TN · CROSSVILLE, TN
- Location: 35.9515° N, 85.0306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Crossville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9515&lon=-85.0306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 3 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116813
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA67A0131
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA67A0131

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0271  67/6/30    CROSSVILLE,TENN     MAULE M4            CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 201
        TIME - 2145                    N9818M              PX-  2  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        REMARKS- FLT CONDUCTED OVER DARK UNLIGHTED TERRAIN.ACFT NOT EQUIPPED FOR INSTRUMENT FLT,PLT NOT INST. RATED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9818M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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