Maule M5235C N381X

24 May 1978 · Havre, Montana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 24 May 1978 at about 19:00 local time, a Maule M5235C registered N381X was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Havre, Montana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 24 May 1978 at 19:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Havre, Montana, United States
Nearest airport: Farm Strip
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Maule M5235C
Registration: N381X
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1040

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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.

Read the full NTSB narrative

STRIP WIDTH 30 FT. GUSTING TO 20K.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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 3-1040, 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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