- Date
- May 29, 1972
- Place
- Mcgrath, AK · MCGRATH, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4723TMaule M-4C
- Status
- Completed · report February 15, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107192
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1936 72/5/29 MCGRATH,ALAS MAULE M-4C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N4723T PX- 0 0 0 HUNTING AGE 29, 1580 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 51 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MCGRATH,ALAS ANCHORAGE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: TO TAKEOFF PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 35 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 360 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- TAXYING ON GRAVEL BAR STREWN WITH LARGE ROCKS. GUSTING TO 35K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4723T
- Reported as
- Maule M-4C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage