- Date
- September 4, 1971
- Place
- Newton, KS · NEWTON, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40307Maule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3472 71/9/4 NEWTON,KANS MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 305 TIME - 1600 N40307 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FARM FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWTON,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DURG APCH TO A FARM FLD PLT SAW WIRE TOO LATE TO AVOID IT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40307
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Farm Field
N40307Registration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Maule M-4-220CAirframe modelMaule M-4-220CEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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.
Other investigations on N40307 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.