- Date
- October 28, 1964
- Place
- Townsend, MT · TOWNSEND, MT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N4725TMaule M-4
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181779
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0756 64/10/28 TOWNSEND MONTANA MAULE M-4 CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1543 N4725T PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 40, 6294 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 140 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TOWNSEND TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4725T
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Townsend
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