- Date
- May 26, 1976
- Place
- Gainesville, FL · GAINESVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2018UMaule M4-220
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760526015389A
- Case key
- 154663
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2477 76/5/26 GAINESVILLE,FL MAULE M4-220 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 1062 TIME - 1658 N2018U PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 759 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GAINESVILLE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCALA,FL GAINESVILLE,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: TAILWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT SHOULDERS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- L TAIL WHEEL SPRING MISSING AND L TAIL WHEEL SPRING RETAINING CLIP BROKEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2018U
- Reported as
- Maule M4-220
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gainesville Muni
N2018URegistration cancelled Aug 8, 2012 · 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 N2018U · 1
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