Maule M-5-210C N62003

Summary

On 18 April 1982 at about 05:15 local time, a Maule M-5-210C registered N62003, operated by Bread of Life Baptist Mission, was involved in an accident near Kirbyville, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 April 1982 at 05:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Kirbyville, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Kirbyville (T12)

Coordinates

30.6503, -93.8895

Aircraft

Maule M-5-210C

Registration

N62003

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Bread of Life Baptist Mission

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Woodville → Danvers

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

FTW82DA134

Nobody was injured.

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ON 4/17/82, N62003 DEPARTED WOODVILLE, TX UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ON A FLIGHT TO KIRBYVILLE, TX. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE ATTITUDE GYRO HAD ALWAYS BEEN SLOW TO ERECT AND WAS STILL SHOWING 10 DEGREES RIGHT BANK WHEN HE ARRIVED AT KIRBYVILLE. HE ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD THE RUNWAY LIGHTS IN SIGHT AND APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET. FROM THE RUNWAY THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED UP AND THE LANDING LIGHTS BLINDED HIM. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND BUT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND A SHORT TIME LATER. THE PILOT STATED, "IF I HAD A PROPERLY OPERATING GYRO HORIZON, A GLANCE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME I HAD A NOSE DOWN CONDITION AND I COULD HAVE ESTABLISHED A NORMAL CLIMB OUT."

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.