- Date
- September 23, 1984, 13:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- King Salmon, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N12023Maule M-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19840923050349A
- Case key
- 4381
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - not performedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditch
Analysis
The plt stated that after he lifted the tail off the rwy the acft encountered a gust of wind and he lost control swerving into a ditch adjacent to the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12023
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34
- Airframe hours
- 1,664
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William Mathis Young
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 23, 1984 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- AKN · King Salmon, AK
- Destination
- ENA · Kenai, AK
- Airport
- runway 8, 2,500 × 50 ft
N12023Registration cancelled Dec 13, 2018 · Maule M-4Airframe modelMaule M-4Engine modelContinental 0-300 series
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 423 total · 11 in this make and model · 356 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 15 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Observed at
- AKN, 3 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N12023 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.