# Accident 19810803048789A: Maule M5235C, Port San Juan, AK, August 3, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1981, 19:05 local time
- Place: Port San Juan, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.0508° N, 148.0675° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port San Juan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.0508&lon=-148.0675&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6148M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6148M-1984-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-235C (registry code 5460135, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 540 total, 40 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DAG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG58) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810803048789A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT MADE HARD LANDING IN LAKE. AIRCRAFT SUNK AND WILL NOT BE RECOVERED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC81DAG58](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG58), Aug 3, 1981: Maule M-5 (N6148M), Seward, AK, destroyed

## Other reports on N6148M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790605014339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790605014339I), Jun 5, 1979: Maule M5235C (N6148M), Kakhonak, AK, Minor damage. Right main collapsed after hard landing

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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