# NTSB ANC84LA107: Maule M-5, N5642M, Anchorage, AK, June 30, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 30, 1984, 14:17 local (22:17 UTC)
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Coordinates: 61.259422, -149.600616 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2594&lon=-149.6006&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- NTSB case key (mKey): 4316
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC84LA107
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/4316/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC84LA107

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - hidden obstruction(s) (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PLT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE LANDED ON CAMPBELL LAKE, THE LEFT FLOAT HIT A SUBMERGED OBJECT. THE ACFT THEN YAWED TO THE LEFT, BANKED TO THE RIGHT & WENT OVER ON ITS TOP. CAMPBELL LAKE WAS USED AS A PRIVATE SEA-PLANE BASE & WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF ANCHORAGE, AK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5642M](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5642M), registered now, S/N 7349C, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5
- Registry model: [Maule M-5-235C](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (registry code 5460135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7349C
- Airframe hours: 204
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Arthur G. Stoddard
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 31, 1983, 45 hours before
- Airport: Campbell Lake, runway 22, 3,500 × 400 ft, water

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial, airline transport, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 7,987 total, 84 in this make and model, 7,900 as pilot in command, 11 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840630033769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840630033769A), Jun 30, 1984: Maule M5235C, Anchorage, AK, Substantial damage. Left float hit submerged object during water landing causing aircraft to nose over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.