- Date
- August 19, 1979
- Place
- Bates, OR · BATES, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40307Maule M4220C
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790819030279A
- Case key
- 134199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2481 79/8/19 NR.BATES,OR MAULE M4220C CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 32, 50 TOTAL TIME - 2015 N40307 PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP LONGCREEK,OR RETURN ROUND ROBIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST/LOWER SCATTERED 7000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 25 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- HIT GULLY LDG ON RIVER BED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40307
- Reported as
- Maule M4220C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N40307Registration cancelled Oct 6, 2014 · Maule M-4-220CAirframe modelMaule M-4-220CEngine modelFranklin 6V 350 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N40307 · 2
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