- Date
- March 16, 1990, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Creston, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N12010Maule M4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900316007849A
- Case key
- 34945
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Probable cause
Selection of the wrong runway by the pilot, and his failure to go-around while he had sufficient speed and runway to do so. Factors related to the accident were: the gusty tailwind and wet runway condition.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that he attempted to land on rwy 16, but ran out of control effectiveness, so he elected to go around & land on rwy 4. The surface wind was from 270 deg at 17 gusting 23 KTS. After touch, he noted that his speed was excessive. He applied heavy braking, but was unable to effectively brake on the wet grass surface. Subsequently, the acft went off the departure end & collided with a boundry fence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12010
- Reported as
- Maule M4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 20
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Johnson, Kenneth D.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- MHK · Manhattan, KS
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CS · Creston, runway 4, 1,880 × 110 ft, grass/turf
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
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Helicopter, Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 5,170 total · 440 in this make and model · 2,922 as pilot in command · 71 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 17 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DSM, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N12010 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.