# Accident 20090404046869A: Maule M-4-210C, Chickaloon, AK, April 4, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Chickaloon, AK
- Airport: Off Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.9167° N, 148.1167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.9167&lon=-148.1167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40684, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40684) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-210C (registry code 5460112, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-4-210C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC09CA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090404046869A

## Narrative

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

A RELATIVELY NEW AND LOW TIME PILOT WITH A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE ATTEMPTED TO LAND OFF AIRPORT IN WET AND SNOW COVERED CONDITIONS.  PILOT DEPARTED MERRILL AIRPORT (MRI) ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT TO THE NORTH WITHOUT FILING A FLIGHT PLAN AND WITHOUT A WEATHER BRIEFING.  ON AN ATTEMPTED FULL STOP LANDING THE GEAR DUG INTO THE SNOW AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.  THE WING AND TAIL WERE DAMAGED.  THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE ENGINE HAD A SUDDEN STOPAGE.  THE DAMAGE IS CONSIDERED SUBSTANTIAL.LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE VFR.

## 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 ANC09CA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC09CA029), Apr 4, 2009: Maule M-4-210C (N40684), Chickaloon, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's selection of an unsuitably rough and snow-covered landing area.

## Other reports on N40684 (2)

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

- [Accident 19870710074789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870710074789A), Jul 10, 1987: Maule M4210C (N40684), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Made a forced landing on a rapidly rising terrain on rollout. Found water in fuel system.
- [Accident 19730817030229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730817030229A), Aug 17, 1973: Maule M4T (N40684), Ninilchik, AK, Substantial damage. Bounced on marginal Strip. Go arnd into rising terrain,r gr ctc grnd.

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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