- Date
- August 23, 2011, 21:20 local (Aug 24, 2011, 05:20 UTC)
- Place
- Tok, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62019Maule M-5-210C
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Abnormal runway contact
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 2011
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA FSDO-01
- FAA report
- 20110823018909A
- Case key
- 81598
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to go-around soon enough to preclude the necessity of a forced landing due to the airplane's inability to outclimb ascending terrain.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot attempted to land at an off-airport site. After aborting the attempted landing, he determined that the airplane could not outclimb the terrain and selected a secondary landing site. The second site was rough, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and left lift strut during the landing roll. There were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
The pilot attempted to land at an off airport site. After aborting the attempted landing, he said the airplane could not out climb the terrain, and he selected a secondary site for landing. The second site was rough, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and left lift strut during the landing roll. There were no mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62019
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6058C
- Airframe hours
- 2,217
- Engine
- Cont Motor IO-360 SER, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Harris Chet A
- Registered owner
- Harris Chet A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 2011
- Departed
- PAMR · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Tok, AK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 25, 2010
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,148 total · 858 in this make and model · 1,076 as pilot in command · 72 in the last 90 days · 46 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.42 inHg
Docket · 1
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 12, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 153 KB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.