- Date
- August 6, 1981
- Place
- Pittsfield, MA · PITTSFIELD, MA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N386XMaule M-5
- Status
- Completed · report October 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810806047849A
- Case key
- 124055
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2863 81/8/6 PITTSFIELD,MA MAULE M-5 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 382 TIME - 1935 N386X PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 152 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PITTSFIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSFIELD,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PRACTICING SHORT FLD LNDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N386X
- Reported as
- Maule M-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Pittsfield
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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 N386X · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CEN20CA356Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportOlathe, KSThe pilot's loss of directional control during landing.NTSB NYC85LA096Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPittsfield, MADuring a preflt wx briefing, the plt was advised of possible moderate icing in clouds from the surface to 4000 ft. while in flt, structural icing conditions were encountered & rime ice accumulated on the windshield. Also, carb ice conditions were encountered…