- Date
- August 22, 1970
- Place
- San Ardo, CA · SAN ARDO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2002UMaule M4-220
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2927 70/8/22 SAN ARDO,CALIF MAULE M4-220 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 165 TIME - 0632 N2002U PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN ARDO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ARDO,CALIF ARCULARIUS RANCH,CAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS FOG VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- OBS SAW ACFT DEP AND DISAPPEAR INTO EST 1000 FT OVCST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2002U
- Reported as
- Maule M4-220
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Ardo
N2002URegistration cancelled Aug 27, 2014 · Maule M-4-220CAirframe modelMaule M-4-220CEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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