Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 15 MAY 1982 |
| Time: | 13:20 |
| Type: | Martin 4-0-4 |
| Operator: | Clayton V. Curtis |
| Registration: | N40445 |
| C/n / msn: | 14230 |
| First flight: | 1952 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 43000 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB3 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Madera, CA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Madera Municipal Airport, CA (MAE), United States of America |
| Casper Airport, WY (CPR/KCPR), United States of America |
The aircraft landed in a wheat field while returning to the airport, after the no. 2 engine failed at 300 feet. on climbout.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
lubricating system,oil line .. cracked
maintenance .. improper .. other person
fluid,oil .. starvation
engine assembly,master rod .. failure,total
emergency procedure .. not followed .. pilot in command
CONTRIBUTING FACTORS:
lack of familiarity with aircraft .. pilot in command
terrain condition .. crop
object .. Fence Sources:
» NTSB
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Madera Municipal Airport, CA to Casper Airport, WY as the crow flies is 1325 km (828 miles).
Distance from Madera Municipal Airport, CA to Casper Airport, WY as the crow flies is 1325 km (828 miles).
