- Date
- August 8, 1985, 00:00 local (08:00 UTC)
- Place
- Mccarthy, AK
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N9046EMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19850808035559A
- Case key
- 4574
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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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 departed a sand bar near the bernard glacier on 8/8/85, and never returned to pick up the passenger he had dropped off earlier. On 8/12/91 the wreckage was found by hunters at 61-11N 141-42W at the 1,000-FT level in mountainous terrain. The wreckage was widely scattered by the initial impact and subsequent rock slides.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9046E
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7077C
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John J.Mcmahon,Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Bernard Glacier, AK
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.