- Date
- July 27, 1981
- Place
- Farmingdale, NY · FARMINGDALE, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9861MMaule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810727045769A
- Case key
- 124171
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2916 81/7/27 FARMINGDALE,NY MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 595 TIME - 1830 N9861M PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 208 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - REPUBLIC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FARMINGDALE,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: TO TAKEOFF COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS REMARKS- SUBSTANTIAL DMG TO N7696P.MINOR DMG CESSNA N29375.WIND GUSTS TO 12KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9861M
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Republic
N9861MRegistered now · Maule M-4-210CAirframe modelMaule M-4-210CEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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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 N9861M · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL93LA020Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPickens, SCThe pilot's failure to follow normal before takeoff procedures which included placing the propeller lever in the high RPM low pitch position. The pilot also delayed in aborting the takeoff attempt and applied hard braking which resulted in a nose over.NTSB BFO86FID05Accident · No injuriesFinal reportSaluda, VAWhile on final apch, the acft struck the top side of a van which was on a road off the apch end of the rwy. Both main landing gear were sheared off and the plt landed the acft in a grass area along the side of the rwy. The plt reported that a high sink rate…