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CHI93LA258

1993-07-15 · TOMAHAWK, Wisconsin, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport WI46

Current FAA registration · N9810M

Make / Model
MAULE M-4-210C
Year of manufacture
1966 · 27 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER (300 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19660722
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S ADB13F

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

the pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

Factual narrative

On July 15, 1993, about 2045 central daylight time, a Maule M4 airplane, N9810M, sustained substantial damage while landing at Tomahawk Airport, Tomahawk, Wisconsin. The solo private pilot was not injured. The local pleasure flight operated without flight plan in visual meteorological conditions under 14 CFR Part 91. The pilot reported he landed hard and bounced three or four times. He applied power and attempted to go around for another landing. During the attempted go around the airplane struck trees, and the pilot elected to make an emergency landing in an adjacent field. THE PILOT REPORTED HE LANDED THE AIRPLANE HARD AND IT BOUNCED. HE ELECTED TO ABORT THE LANDING AND ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF. THE AIRPLANE SUBSEQUENTLY STRUCK TREE TOPS BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND THE PILOT MADE A HARD, EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1993_CHI93LA258.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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