# NTSB ANC71AA031: Maule M4-210, N9829M, Anchorage, AK, December 6, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 6, 1970
- Place: Anchorage, AK · ANCHORAGE, AK
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report November 30, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 159400
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC71AA031
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC71AA031

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2029   70/12/6 NR.ANCHORAGE,ALAS     MAULE M4-210        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - UNK/NR                  N9829M              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 28, 1660 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            300 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         ANCHORAGE,ALAS               SOUTH NAKNEK,ALAS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          PILOT-LOST CTL,ALT TOO LOW TO EFFECT RECOVERY.
        MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED
        REMARKS- NIGHT VFR FLT,MTN PASS,WX UNK.RCVRD 6/18/71.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9829M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9829M-1972-05-08), registration cancelled 1972-05-08, S/N 1014C, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4-210
- Registry model: [Maule M-4-210C](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-210c) (registry code 5460112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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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