Maule M-4 N40354

Summary

On 20 June 1987 at about 20:00 local time, a Maule M-4 registered N40354, operated by Brian G.rowell, was involved in an accident near Wellsville, New York, 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

20 June 1987 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Wellsville, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Wellsville (ELZ)

Coordinates

42.1207, -77.9394

Aircraft

Maule M-4

Registration

N40354

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Brian G.rowell

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Watertown → Dayton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87LA182

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

THE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A VIOLENT SHIMMY UPON T/D AND THE ACFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT MADE A GO-AROUND AND EXPERIENCED THE SAME CONDITION ON THE SECOND T/D. ON THE THIRD T/D, THE PILOT LANDED BUT WAS ONLY ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE ACFT UNTIL IT HAD SLOWED TO 10-15 MPH. IT THEN VEERED TO THE RIGHT, DIPPING ITS LEFT WING AND COLLAPSING THE LEFT GEAR. THE ACFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY SUPPORTED BY THE WING, RIGHT MAIN GEAR, AND THE TAIL WHEEL. EXAM OF THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY REVEALED THAT THE TENSION SPRINGS WERE NOT CONNECTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.