- Date
- August 17, 1985, 12:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Somers, NY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N40326Maule M-4-220C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850817039259A
- Case key
- 35609
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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.
Analysis
The acft stalled & nosed over during an attempted go-around after a fast approach to a gravel landing strip which was 5 miles from the planned destination. The plt said he added power to go around when he thought his airspeed was too high. The acft dropped on the rt main gear and nosed over
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40326
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-220C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21001C
- Engine
- Franklin 220C, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Stephen H. Hammond
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 15, 1985 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- Wiscassett, ME
- Destination
- Mahopac, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 203 total · 54 in this make and model · 168 as pilot in command · 44 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.