- Date
- June 27, 1983, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Silverton, OR
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6205MMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830627027149A
- Case key
- 39650
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft landing gear collapsed during a forced landing after an engine failure. The acft had climbed to 1000 ft AGL after takeoff when the pilot switched the fuel selector to the right fuel tank. Immediately the engine quit and switching back to the left tank did not help. The pilot in the right seat took over and made a forced landing which was hard enough to collapse the landing gear. The two front seat occupants received serious back injuries from the landing. Post accident examination of the acft showed water in the carburetor and in both main tanks along with rust and sedimentthe acft was refueled from a tank on their farm which was also contaminated with water, rust and sediment. The filters in the system would not prevent water from coming out the dispensing nozzle and the filters were replaced only once a year. The filters are not designed to stop water. The farm supply tank had sat outdoors prior to being filled.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6205M
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7197C
- Airframe hours
- 369
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Petersaudson Farm, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 16, 1982 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- Private Strip, OR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 347 total · 271 in this make and model · 323 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.