- Date
- June 12, 1986, 17:30 local (Jun 13, 1986, 01:30 UTC)
- Place
- Volkmar Lake, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N413XMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19860612024869A
- Case key
- 4593
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
After touchdown the pilot lost directional control of the aircraft causing the right wingtip to strike the water. The aircraft then rolled over and sank. The PIC was operating the aircraft and carrying passengers with only student pilot certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N413X
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7045C
- Airframe hours
- 975
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marvin D. Sluka
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FAI · Fairbanks, 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 95 total · 95 in this make and model · 50 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 170 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.