# Incident 20210506002751I: Maule M-7-235, Bethel, AK, May 6, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2021, 17:30 local time
- Place: Bethel, AK
- Airport: Bethel
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DHNC
- Location: 60.7922° N, 161.7558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bethel, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.7922&lon=-161.7558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N574RB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N574RB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-7-235 (registry code 5470208, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-W1A5 (registry code 41660, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-w1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-7-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-W1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,875 total, 530 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210506002751I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN LANDED ON RUNWAY 1L AT THE BETHEL AIRPORT. THE AIRMAN WAS INSTRUCTED BY BETHEL TOWER TO EXIT AT GOLF TAXIWAY CONTINUE TO PARKING AND MONITOR GROUND CONTROL. THE AIRMAN EXITED GOLF ON THE MAIN RAMP AND WAS TAXING PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 12/30 WESTBOUND ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE RAMP WHEN HE OBSERVED THE END OF AN AIRCRAFT WING DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM. HE IMMEDIATELY APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. PREVIOUSLY, A CESSNA 207 WAS INSTRUCTED TO HOLD POSITION WHILE TAXING ON  THE WEST RAMP TO RUNWAY 1L.

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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