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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event IAD75FIG05

1974-09-26 EASTON, Maryland, United States None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N9845M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE M-4C

Year of manufacture

1966 · 8 years old at event

Engine

CONT MOTOR 0-300 SER (145 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19660926

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S ADBD13

Registrant of record

RICHARDSON RONALD W TRUSTEE

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N9845M Maule M-4C None

Historical record (pre-1982)

NTSB recorded this accident in the pre-1982 coded-field schema — structured fields rather than free-text narrative. Decoded codes use established NTSB single-letter taxonomies; cause factors remain verbatim pending the Form 6120.4 codebook lookup.

Aircraft

MAULE M-4C · N9845M

Damage

Substantial

Craft type

Airplane

Classification

Accident

Light condition

Dawn

Weather

VMC

Phase of flight

Cruise — descent (EF)

Operator type

D

Airport

EASTON MUNI

Kind of flying

B1

Weather at impact

Sky

CLEAR

Wind

320° / 12 kt

Temp

75° F

Aircraft history

Serial number

00000000004C

Total time

650 hrs

Pilot

Certificate

Commercial — instrument

Total hours

225

Age

50

Investigator remarks

PREV FLT EXP IN TRI-GR ACFT.

Cause factors

64/C/79 C
PILOT IN COMMAND FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL Cause
64/C/28 C
PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS Cause
88/K/94 K
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table). Each row shows the raw triplet, modifier (Cause / Factor / etc.), category, and specific code.

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 3134. Source file NTSB_1974_3_3134.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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