- Date
- November 20, 1966
- Place
- Mt Pleasant, PA · MT PLEASANT, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N4724TMaule M4
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120312
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3770 66/11/20 MT PLEASANT PA MAULE M4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 537 TIME - 1620 N4724T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MOUNT PLEASANT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 40 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 135 5 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- APPROACH WAS OVER A DEEP RAVINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4724T
- Reported as
- Maule M4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mount Pleasant
N4724TRegistration cancelled Aug 14, 2012 · Maule M-4Airframe modelMaule M-4Engine modelContinental 0-300 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.