19870101002099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-5-235C · Lake Nerka, AK · January 1, 1987

Date
January 1, 1987 · 12:00 local
Place
Lake Nerka, AK
Airport
Lake Nerka
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N385X
Reported as
Maule M5235C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
145 total20 in this make and model12 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.

As the aircraft completed the landing roll on a snow covered frozen lake it broke through the ice and sank.

As the FAA filed it

AS THE AIRCRAFT COMPLETED THE LANDING ROLL ON A SNOW COVERED FROZEN LAKE IT BROKE THROUGH THE ICE AND SANK.