# NTSB MKC82DA077: Maule M-4, N12013, Cozad, NE, May 10, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 10, 1982, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Cozad, NE
- Location: 40.8696° N, 100.0043° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COZAD MUNI (CZD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8696&lon=-100.0043&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 10, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70366
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC82DA077
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70366/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DA077

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED ON RUNWAY 31 WITH A 20 DEGREE QUARTERING HEADWIND FROM THE RIGHT AT 10 GUSTING 15 KNOTS. DURING LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT AND THE PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER. HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED INTO A GROUND LOOP AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N12013](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12013-2018-02-06), registration cancelled 2018-02-06, S/N 23, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-4
- Registry model: [Maule M-4](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4) (registry code 5460104) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 23
- Airframe hours: 729
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-300A 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Karl E Warm
- Registered owner: Karl E Warm
- Departed: COLUMBINE, CO
- Destination: COZAD, NE
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: CZD, Municipal, runway 31, 4,200 × 75 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 598 total, 52 in this make and model, 466 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 5 statute miles

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820510015349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820510015349A), May 10, 1982: Maule M4, Cozad, NE, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on landing roll in tail wheel aircraft. Groundlooped.

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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