# NTSB ANC25LA105: Maule M-5-235C, N343GA, Point MacKenzie, AK, September 13, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: September 13, 2025, 12:28 local (20:28 UTC)
- Place: Point MacKenzie, AK
- Coordinates: 61.367833, -149.93716
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.3678&lon=-149.9372&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern base: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200995
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC25LA105
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200995/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA105

## Preliminary report

On September 13, 2025, about 12:28 Alaska daylight time, a Maule M5-235C airplane, N343GA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Point McKenzie, Alaska. The commercial pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations as a Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, the airplane departed Merrill Field (MRI) Anchorage, Alaska at around 12:20 and was en route to land at a private strip near Point McKenzie Alaska. The pilot reported that he was going to land to the south and was on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern at about 80 knots with one notch of flaps extended. As the pilot maneuvered the airplane on the base leg of the traffic pattern about 300-400 feet agl (above ground level), he slowed to about 65 knots and added the second notch of flaps, the airplane immediately rolled to the left. The pilot attempted to recover the airplane; however, the airplane impacted the ground and came to rest on a northerly heading (see figure 1). The wreckage has been recovered, and a postaccident wreckage examination is pending. Figure 1 Accident airplane

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-VFR pattern base: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [Maule M-5-235C, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=5460135), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N343GA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343GA), registered now, S/N 7009C, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5-235C
- Registry model: [Maule M-5-235C](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (registry code 5460135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7009C
- Year built: 1976
- Airframe hours: 3749.1
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: N343GA Leasing, LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 16, 2024
- Departed: MRI, Anchorage, AK
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: Z40, Goose Bay
- Equipment: ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 40° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 48 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter: 29.80 inHg
- Observed at: PAMR, 9 nm away
- METAR: PAMR 131853Z 04003KT 10SM OVC008 09/07 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP093 T00890067

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250913013579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250913013579A), Sep 13, 2025: Maule M-5-235C, Wasilla, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot was landing at his private strip 300-400 AGL, 65 knots of airspeed, one notch of flaps. Turning base for final pilot moved flaps to second notch,…

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.

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