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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maule M5235C · Theodore River, AK · June 20, 1985

Date
June 20, 1985 · 00:45 local
Place
Theodore River, AK
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N6101M
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC85FA099
Reported as
Maule M5235C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
119 total56 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Wingtip contacted surface and aircraft struck ground with substantial vertical force during low level short flight.

As the FAA filed it

WINGTIP CONTACTED SURFACE AND AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND WITH SUBSTANTIAL VERTICAL FORCE DURING LOW LEVEL SHORT FLIGHT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.