- Date
- April 24, 1971
- Place
- Fairfield, PA · FAIRFIELD, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N12024Maule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160841
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1488 71/4/24 FAIRFIELD,PA MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N12024 PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 47, 5671 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 108 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GETTYSBURG-CHRNTA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KUTZTOWN,PA FAIRFIELD,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 300 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 30 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ARPT LCD AT BASE OF MTN,LEE SIDE.FORCED DOWN INTO PASTURE BREAKING GR,CARTWHEELED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12024
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Gettysburg-Chrnta
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