# Accident 20230701010669A: Maule M-4-210C, Prospect Creek, AK, July 1, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2023, 11:30 local time
- Place: Prospect Creek, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 66.5600° N, 150.8100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=66.5600&lon=-150.8100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40661, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40661) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-210C (registry code 5460112, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-D (registry code 17149, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-4-210C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 134 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC23LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230701010669A

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONDUCTED A LOWLEVEL PASS OVER THE ROADWAY PRIOR TO LANDING, DURING THAT PASS THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS NOT MAINTAINING ALTITUDED, HE ATTEMPTED TO APPLY POWER AND ASSEND BUT HIT A TREE WITH HIS LEFT WINGTIP AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A HEAVELY WOODED AREA.

## 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 ANC23LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC23LA048), Jul 1, 2023: Maule M-4-210C (N40661), Prospect Creek, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack on climbout, which resulted in a loss of control and impact with trees.

## Other reports on N40661 (2)

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

- [Incident 20180602006829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180602006829I), Jun 2, 2018: Maule M-4-220C (N40661), Livengood, AK, Minor damage. [privacy data omitted] Flew his Maule M-4 with his wife out to a gravel bar along beaver creek which is 25 miles east of Livengood Alaska. Prior to taking off…
- [Accident 20160903021109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160903021109A), Sep 3, 2016: Maule M-4-220C (N40661), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. I (pilot) departed patk for a remote ridge top strip 42 NM n/ne of Talkeetna. Departure time 1:17 AK time. After a bumpy and hot flight to the strip(where I…

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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