# NTSB MKC90LA068: Maule M4, N12010, Creston, IA, March 16, 1990

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 16, 1990, 15:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Creston, IA
- Coordinates: 41.050708, -94.360267 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0507&lon=-94.3603&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 30, 1991
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 34945
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC90LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/34945/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC90LA068

## 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

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - wrong runway - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - grass
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - fence (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12010-2012-06-12), registration cancelled 2012-06-12, S/N 20, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4
- 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: 20
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19900316007849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900316007849A), Mar 16, 1990: Maule M4, Creston, IA, Substantial damage. Tried to land downwind on a short wet grass runway and slid into a chain link fence. Runway was notamed closed.

## Other investigations on N12010 (2)

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.

- [NTSB CHI96LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96LA056), Dec 17, 1995: Maule M-4 (N12010), Hot Springs, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: an unauthorized modification of the air induction system by the pilot.
- [NTSB SEA68D0156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA68D0156), Aug 24, 1967: Maule M-4 (N12010), Moore, MT, substantial damage

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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