- Date
- April 4, 1975
- Place
- Kenai, AK · KENAI, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N40667Maule M-5
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750404011319A
- Case key
- 148106
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1365 75/4/4 NR.KENAI,AK MAULE M-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 30, 232 TIME - 0900 N40667 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 163 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SHIPE LAKE,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PREV LDG ON SNOW COVERED FROZEN LAKE TO CK DOWNED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40667
- Reported as
- Maule M-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N40667Registered now · Maule M-4-210CAirframe modelMaule M-4-210CEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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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.