20190917017109A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maule M-6-235 · Palmer, AK · September 17, 2019

Date
September 17, 2019 · 10:00 local
Place
Palmer, AK
Airport
Palmer Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
T5HA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N88DK
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA552
Reported as
Maule M-6-235
Reported engine
Lycoming O-540-A1C5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,750 total1,050 in this make and model300 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.

The pilot landed short on a rough gravel bar, lost control while braking and maneuvering on touchdown to avoid rocks and the aircraft nosed over. Negligible 0-2 knot headwind.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT LANDED SHORT ON A ROUGH GRAVEL BAR, LOST CONTROL WHILE BRAKING AND MANEUVERING ON TOUCHDOWN TO AVOID ROCKS AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. NEGLIGIBLE 0-2 KNOT HEADWIND.

NTSB investigation

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