- Date
- May 19, 1989, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Csttltn-Hdsn, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4713TMaule M-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890519012439A
- Case key
- 36410
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Probable cause
The pilot's selection of unsuitable terrain. A contributing factor was the wet, soft grass.
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 pilot of a Maule ML-4 suspected a carburetor problem and made a precautionary landing on a sod surfaced, closed airport. He ground ran the engine with no problem and decided to make a takeoff. He asked a person who was mowing the grass nearby to cut the grass in a 10 foot by 1000 foot swath. The grass was cut and the takeoff initiated, however takeoff speed could not be attained and the main wheels were sinking into the ground. The takeoff was aborted and as the aircraft slowed, it nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4713T
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 56
- Engine
- Continental O-300A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy J. Allen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Bennington, VT
- Destination
- Petersburg, NY
- Airport
- NY07 · Csttltn-Hdsn
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
- 240 total · 113 in this make and model · 240 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.