- Date
- August 24, 1975
- Place
- Thompson Falls, MT · THOMPSON FALLS, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62048Maule M-5
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750824024959A
- Case key
- 151087
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3209 75/8/24 NR.THOMPSON FALLS,MT MAULE M-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 353 TIME - 1301 N62048 PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BELLEVUE,WA MISSOULA,MT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 48 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 230 3 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- ENCOUNTERED FOG IN MTN PASS,INSUFFICIENT ROOM TO TRN AROUND.UPDATED WX BRIEFING ENROUTE.SPOKANE WX
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62048
- Reported as
- Maule M-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N62048Registration cancelled Jul 7, 1978 · Maule M-5-210CAirframe modelMaule M-5-210CEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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