# Incident 20010831024279I: Maule M4220C, Kotzebue, AK, August 31, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Kotzebue, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.8868° N, 162.4917° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kotzebue, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.8868&lon=-162.4917&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10157, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N10157) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-220C (registry code 5460114, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-220c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A-350SER (registry code 27023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-350ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4220C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,900 total, 175 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010831024279I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT LANDED ON A GRAVEL BAR IN THE WULIK RIVER. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DROPPED IN A SOFT SPOT & THE PROP CONTACTED THE GRAVEL. AIRCRAFT DID NOT OVERTURN. AN AIRWORTHY PROP WAS FLOWN IN AND INSTALLED BY PAUL BUCKEL, THEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN OUT TO OTZ.

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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