- Date
- September 2, 1983, 17:00 local (Sep 3, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4623TMaule M-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830902048869A
- Case key
- 39769
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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 plt reported that he was practicing touch-and-go landings with a friend that was a certified flt instructor (CFI). After a landing, the friend indicated his desire to fly the acft. The plt offered to let his friend fly it from the left seat. The friend declined the offer to change seats, but did take the controls for takeoff. During the takeoff roll, directional control was lost. The acft went off the rwy, the main gear encountered tall grass, and the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4623T
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 91
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Bump
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- WA38 · Monroe, WA
- Airport
- WA38 · Flying F Ranch, runway 25, 2,100 × 34 ft, asphalt
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 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 5 in this make and model · 120 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 28 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N4623T · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.