- Date
- March 16, 1986, 15:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Orchards, WA
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2037UMaule M-4-180C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860316006479A
- Case key
- 40368
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot inadvertently placed the fuel selector to a non-tank position. During initial climb at about 400 m.s.l. a total loss of power occurred. During forced landing the aircraft struck telephone lines, a patio roof, and a parked unoccupied pickup truck.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2037U
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3001C
- Airframe hours
- 1,571
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bruce W. Nelson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 0S6 · Orchards, WA
- Airport
- 0S6 · Clark County, runway 25, 2,800 × 85 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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 207 total · 13 in this make and model · 207 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 9,000 ft
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PDX, 9 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 N2037U · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.