# Accident 19820822039889A: Maule M5180C, Kenai, AK, August 22, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 1982, 12:40 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5618° N, 151.2105° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kenai, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5618&lon=-151.2105&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N369X-1988-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-235C (registry code 5460135, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5180C
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total, 418 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC82DAG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820822039889A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER DEPARTED FLOAT PLANE AND WALKED INTO PROP AS HE PROCEEDED ALONG FLOAT TO BEACH AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ANC82DAG48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DAG48), Aug 22, 1982: Maule M-5 (N369X), Nera Kenai, AK, minor damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N369X (1)

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

- [Accident 19780825022139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780825022139A), Aug 25, 1978: Maule M5235C (N369X), Lake Iliamna, AK, Substantial damage

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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