- Date
- April 12, 2003, 16:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Danielson, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4714TMaule M4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 56824
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for winds, and failure to maintain directional control. A factor in this accident was the crosswind condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was practicing landings to runway 31, a 2,700-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. After touchdown, the airplane experienced a wind gust and yawed to the left. The pilot attempted to correct; however, the airplane departed the left side of the runway, and the right wing struck the ground. The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions. The pilot reported about 1,930 hours of total flight experience, which included approximately 1,885 hours in single engine airplanes and 25 hours in the make and model of the accident airplane. Winds reported at an airport located about 15 miles west-southwest of the accident site, were from 360 degrees at 11 knots.
Factual narrative
On April 12, 2003, about 1630 eastern daylight time, a Maule M4, N4714T, was substantially damaged while landing at the Danielson Airport (5B3), Danielson, Connecticut. The certificated commercial pilot and a passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the flight that originated from the Riconn Airport, Greene, Rhode Island. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
In a written statement, the pilot said he was practicing landings to runway 31, a 2,700-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, asphalt runway. After touchdown, the airplane experienced a wind gust and yawed to the left. The pilot applied hard right brake; however, "it was not effective enough to bring it back." The airplane departed the left side of the runway, and the right wing struck the ground.
The pilot did not report any pre-impact mechanical malfunctions. He reported about 1,930 hours of total flight experience, which include approximately 1,885 hours in single engine airplanes and 25 hours in the make and model of the accident airplane.
Winds reported at an airport located about 15 miles west-southwest of 5B3, at 1552, were from 360 degrees at 11 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4714T
- Reported as
- Maule M4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57
- Airframe hours
- 537
- Engine
- Continental O-300A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jed Homes Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 9, 2002 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- RI11 · Greene, RI
- Destination
- 5B3 · Danielson, CT
- Airport
- 5B3 · Danielson Airport, runway 31, 2,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- May 17, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,931 total · 25 in this make and model · 1,931 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.51 inHg
- Observed at
- IJD, 13 nm away