- Date
- June 20, 1987, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Wellsville, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40354Maule M-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870620021739A
- Case key
- 30679
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The flight experienced a violent shimmy upon t/d and the acft veered to the right. The pilot made a go-around and experienced the same condition on the second t/d. on the third t/d, the pilot landed but was only able to maintain control of the acft until it had slowed to 10-15 mph. It then veered to the right, dipping its left wing and collapsing the left gear. The acft came to rest on the runway supported by the wing, right main gear, and the tail wheel. Exam of the tail wheel assembly revealed that the tension springs were not connected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40354
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2132
- Airframe hours
- 850
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-350-C1, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brian G.Rowell
- Registered owner
- Brian Rowell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1987
- Departed
- Watertown, NY
- Destination
- Dayton, OH
- Airport
- ELZ · Wellsville, runway 10, 4,300 × 75 ft, macadam
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 237 total · 67 in this make and model · 140 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F
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 N40354 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.