- Date
- May 19, 1993, 16:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Moscow, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N51458Maule M-4-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1994
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19930519014659A
- Case key
- 43027
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Probable cause
The inadequate visual lookout by the pilot and his failure to maintain clearance from electrical transmission wires. Factors relating to the accident were the sunglare and the presence of the wires.
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 student pilot initiated a practice low approach to an open field in bright sunlight conditions and the aircraft impacted electrical power lines, substantially damaging the vertical stab. The student pilot returned to the airport without further incident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51458
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1114C
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mccall, Randy L.
- Registered owner
- Mccall, Randy L.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 6, 1992
- Departed
- PUW · Pullman, WA
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 51 total · 51 in this make and model · 38 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PUW, 13 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.