Maule M-4-210C N9862M

Summary

On 10 August 1996 at about 16:47 local time, a Maule M-4-210C registered N9862M was involved in an accident near Hudson, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 August 1996 at 16:47

Classification

Accident

Location

Hudson, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

40.0700, -104.6399

Aircraft

Maule M-4-210C

Registration

N9862M

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Greeley → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW96LA340

Nobody was injured.

the pilot's delay in initiating a go-around and failure to attain sufficient airspeed to clear obstructions at the departure end of the runway, which resulted in an inadvertent stall and collision with the ground. Factors relating to the accident were: the pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point during the landing, and the high obstruction (power lines).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot made a landing approach to runway 9. He said the wind was variable and less than 10 knots. He selected one notch of flaps (15 degrees), and when he flared for landing, the airplane 'floated.' Because of the short runway, he decided to make a go-around. The pilot said he waited too long to make this decision. As the airplane climbed over power lines near the end of the runway, it stalled, the left wing dropped, and the airplane collided with terrain.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.