20220724013089A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maule M-4-210 · Aniak, AK · July 24, 2022

FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal NTSB investigation search

Date: July 24, 2022 · 14:00 local
Place: Aniak, AK
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N4743T
Reported as: Maule M-4-210
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 580 total233 in this make and model115 in the last 90 days

N4743TRegistered now · Maule M-4-210S/N 1008 · Built 1964 Airframe modelMaule M-4-210 Engine modelContinental IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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 24 July 2022 about 1400 local time, after performing a fly over of the intended landing area the pilot landed his Maule M-4-210 on a 500 foot unimproved clearing (moose strip). Pilot stated he had never landed there before. The pilot stated he was trying to keep the tail up to avoid damage to the tailwheel from the landing area. During the final roll out of the landing, and while braking under 10 miles per hour, his right main landing gear hit a depression covered by a blueberry bush causing the airplane to flip nose over onto its back.

As the FAA filed it

ON 24 JULY 2022 ABOUT 1400 LOCAL TIME, AFTER PERFORMING A FLY OVER OF THE INTENDED LANDING AREA THE PILOT LANDED HIS MAULE M-4-210 ON A 500 FOOT UNIMPROVED CLEARING (MOOSE STRIP). PILOT STATED HE HAD NEVER LANDED THERE BEFORE. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS TRYING TO KEEP THE TAIL UP TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THE TAILWHEEL FROM THE LANDING AREA. DURING THE FINAL ROLL OUT OF THE LANDING, AND WHILE BRAKING UNDER 10 MILES PER HOUR, HIS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR HIT A DEPRESSION COVERED BY A BLUEBERRY BUSH CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO FLIP NOSE OVER ONTO ITS BACK.