- Date
- November 9, 1979
- Place
- Maple Valley, WA · MAPLE VALLEY, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N376XMaule M-5
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791109037459A
- Case key
- 133177
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3280 79/11/9 NR.MAPLE VALLEY,WA MAULE M-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 343 TIME - 1900 N376X PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 260 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR GROVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EUGENE,OR SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- UNSURE OF POS ON TOP OVCST,ENG QUIT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N376X
- Reported as
- Maule M-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cedar Grove
N376XRegistration cancelled Dec 16, 2014 · Maule M-5-235CAirframe modelMaule M-5-235CEngine modelLycoming 0-540 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.