Maule M-4 N626M

23 October 1978 · Phoenix, Arizona, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 23 October 1978 at about 11:43 local time, a Maule M-4 registered N626M, operated by McRy Acft Sale, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Phoenix, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 23 October 1978 at 11:43
Classification: Accident
Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Nearest airport: Sky Harbor
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Maule M-4
Registration: N626M
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: McRy Acft Sale
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3750

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	1	0

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

FUEL SEL FOUND ON R MAIN TANK.R MAIN FOUND EMPTY, L MAIN HAD 8GAL IN IT.

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 3-3750, 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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