- Date
- January 20, 1977
- Place
- Ft Yukon, AK · FT YUKON, AK
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N423XMaule M5
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770120001629A
- Case key
- 156939
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3113 77/1/20 FT YUKON,AK MAULE M5 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2000 TIME - 1620 N423X PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP FT YUKON,AK RETURN RAMPART,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 0 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- FLEW INTO BUSHES IN NEAR LEVEL ATTITUDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N423X
- Reported as
- Maule M5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N423XRegistration cancelled Jan 4, 2018 · Maule M-5-210CAirframe modelMaule M-5-210CEngine modelContinental IO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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