- Date
- May 31, 1973
- Place
- North Pole, AK · NORTH POLE, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4617TMaule M4-210
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730531015499A
- Case key
- 190246
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1551 73/5/31 NORTH POLE,ALAS MAULE M4-210 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 98 TOTAL TIME - 0030 N4617T PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALCHA RIVER,ALAS FAIRBANKS,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE STALL LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPT.PLT STALLED ACFT TO KEEP FM HITTING TREES ON EDGE OF LAKE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4617T
- Reported as
- Maule M4-210
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.