- Date
- July 4, 1966
- Place
- Black Springs, NV · BLACK SPRINGS, NV
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4621TMaule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report November 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171021
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2470 66/7/4 BLACK SPRINGS NEV MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 474 TIME - 0805 N4621T PX- 0 0 3 TOWING GLIDERS TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - STEAD AFB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4621T
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Stead Afb
N4621TRegistered now · Maule M-4-210Airframe modelMaule M-4-210Engine modelContinental IO-360 series
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Other investigations on N4621T · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB DEN04LA029Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportElbert, COthe pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. A contributing factor was his inexperience in aircraft type.NTSB SEA69D0232Accident · No injuriesClosedDubois, IDNTSB SEA68D0246Accident · No injuriesClosedIdaho Falls, IDNTSB DEN67F0202Accident · Minor injuriesClosedOgden, UT