- Date
- May 31, 1983, 12:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fairbanks, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N81CDMaule 5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19830531021369A
- Case key
- 4124
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot lost directional control of the acft during landing. The acft cartwheeled several times and came to rest on the left side of the runway about 500 feet from the approach end of the runway. The weather was VMC but the wind was from 260 degrees at 18 KTS. The pilot stated he lost control of the acft because of the high wind velocity.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N81CD
- Reported as
- Maule 5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7379C
- Airframe hours
- 1,200
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Chris F. Dennis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 15, 1983 · 10 hours before
- Airport
- FAI · Fairbank, runway 19, 3,600 × 50 ft, gravel
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 700 total · 215 in this make and model · 700 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FAI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.