Maule M-4 N51431

5 July 1974 · Lake Tahoe, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 July 1974 at about 15:30 local time, a Maule M-4 registered N51431, operated by Calif.hwy.patr, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Lake Tahoe, California, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 5 July 1974 at 15:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Lake Tahoe, California, United States
Nearest airport: Lake Tahoe
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Maule M-4
Registration: N51431
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Calif.hwy.patr
Operating rule: State-Public Aircraft
Purpose of flight: Police Patrol
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: Jackson, Calif → S
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1761

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
3	0	0	0	3

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

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GUSTING TO 20K.

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No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1761, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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