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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M5210C · Ambler, AK · October 15, 1986

Date: October 15, 1986 · 16:30 local
Place: Ambler, AK
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N317X
Reported as: Maule M5210C
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total2,500 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N317XRegistered now · Maule M-5-235CS/N 6127C · Built 1975 Airframe modelMaule M-5-235C Engine modelLycoming IO-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

Left mixture at full rich and magnetos on while removing snow. Bumped prop. Engine started. Taxied into river.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT MIXTURE AT FULL RICH AND MAGNETOS ON WHILE REMOVING SNOW. BUMPED PROP. ENGINE STARTED. TAXIED INTO RIVER.