- Date
- November 24, 1976
- Place
- Battle Mountn, NV · BATTLE MOUNTN, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N51602Maule M5
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761124036319A
- Case key
- 155911
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3237 76/11/24 BATTLE MOUNTN,NV MAULE M5 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N51602 PX- 0 0 1 FERRY AGE 23, 1015 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 7 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LANDER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATTLE MOUNTN,NV HAYWARD,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF FROM RAMP,WENT INTO PLOWED FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51602
- Reported as
- Maule M5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lander County
N51602Registered now · Maule M-5-220CAirframe modelMaule M-5-220CEngine modelFranklin 6A&6V335 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.