- Date
- June 10, 1984, 14:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Palmer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N347XMaule M-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840610023329A
- Case key
- 4302
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot attempted his first water take-off of the season with the aircraft loaded over gross with an aft CG. Unable to attain sufficient airspeed to clear tall trees bordering the waterway, he attempted to turn around and land in the opposite direction. The aircraft stalled in the turn, recovered, but collided with trees and impacted at the water's edge.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N347X
- Reported as
- Maule M-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6157C
- Airframe hours
- 728
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George Edwin Palmer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 4, 1984 · 3 hours before
- Destination
- AMOS · Nikolai, AK
- Airport
- 99Z · Finger Lake
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,710 total · 1,710 in this make and model · 1,670 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.