Plane Crash List

Maule M4-220C N40338

20 June 1983 · Green Township, Indiana, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 20 June 1983 at about 00:30 local time, a Maule M4-220C registered N40338 was involved in an accident near Green Township, Indiana, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 00:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Green Township, Indiana, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Maule M4-220C
Registration
N40338
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI83LA266

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

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

THE PILOT TRIED TO LAND DOWNWIND BUT HIS AIRSPEED WAS TOO HIGH AND THE GO-AROUND WAS STARTED TOO LATE. DURING CLIMBOUT THE LANDING GEAR CAUGHT ON A TELEPHONE CABLE WHICH ARRESTED THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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