- Date
- December 12, 1970
- Place
- Newark, CA · NEWARK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4170CMaule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159332
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2047 70/12/12 NR.NEWARK,CALIF MAULE M-4 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 103 TIME - 1430 N4170C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYWARD,CALIF SAN JOSE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- APRX PINT OF FUEL-WATER DRAINED ON PREFLT.FUEL-WATER FOUND IN TANKS.NO QUICK DRAIN SYS FOR TANKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4170C
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N4170CRegistered now · Maule BEE DEE M-4Airframe modelMaule BEE DEE M-4Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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Other investigations on N4170C · 1
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