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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maule M-5-235C · Skwentna, AK · September 8, 2014

Date
September 8, 2014 · 11:20 local
Place
Skwentna, AK
Airport
Kahiltna Private Strip
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N56332
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC14CA081
Reported as
Maule M-5-235C
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,000 total350 in this make and model15 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.

On 08 sep 2014, N56332 departed AK43 for private remote airstrip for a 14CFR part 91 personal flight. After landing; aircraft started to back taxiing, downhill, in wet conditions with a taxi speed too fast for conditions. The aircraft rolled through a wet grassy portion, brakes were applied with little effect, and the aircraft continued onto a rough, wet muddy section where the aircraft nosed over and came to rest on its back sustaining substantial damage to vertical stabilizer, rudder, and left lift strut.

As the FAA filed it

ON 08 SEP 2014, N56332 DEPARTED AK43 FOR PRIVATE REMOTE AIRSTRIP FOR A 14CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. AFTER LANDING; AIRCRAFT STARTED TO BACK TAXIING, DOWNHILL, IN WET CONDITIONS WITH A TAXI SPEED TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED THROUGH A WET GRASSY PORTION, BRAKES WERE APPLIED WITH LITTLE EFFECT, AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ONTO A ROUGH, WET MUDDY SECTION WHERE THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST ON ITS BACK SUSTAINING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER, AND LEFT LIFT STRUT.

NTSB investigation

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