- Date
- January 5, 1985, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Trading Bay, AK
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5652DMaule M6-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850105048759A
- Case key
- 4457
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The plt-in-command, IA an attempt to avoid a mid-air collision, did not control his airplane sufficiently to avoid a stall. Once in the stall the plt-in-command did not properly recover & the airplane mushed into the ground.
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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Weather condition - fogFactor
In-flight planning/decision - inadequateCause
Visual lookout - inadequateCause
Judgment - poorCause
Stall - inadvertentCause
Stall/mush - continuedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5652D
- Reported as
- Maule M6-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7446C
- Airframe hours
- 300
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry M. Peterson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 29, 1984
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Destination
- Trading Bay, AK
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,665 total · 2,305 in this make and model · 2,625 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.