- Date
- July 3, 1984, 13:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Millbrook, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N56424Maule M5-180C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 35697
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Planned approach - improperFactor
Proper descent rate - misjudgedCause
Remedial action - attempted
Undershoot
Terrain condition - ground
Analysis
Plt was practicing touch-&-go landings. On final apch a high sink rate developed. Plt added full pwr but sink rate was not arrested. Acft contacted terrain before apch end of rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56424
- Reported as
- Maule M5-180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8017C
- Airframe hours
- 173
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Saunders Equipment
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 14, 1983
- Departed
- 44N · Millbrook, NY
- Airport
- 44N · Sky Acres, runway 17, 3,800 × 20 ft, asphalt
N56424Registered now · Maule M-5-180CAirframe modelMaule M-5-180CEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 298 total · 166 in this make and model · 228 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg