- Date
- July 26, 1987, 13:54 local (21:54 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49846Maule M-6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 29, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19870726038309A
- Case key
- 4780
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 lost directional control while landing with a quartering tailwind from the left. The aircraft ground looped and struck a chain link fence. The pilot stated that he found the brake shaft broken at the shaft reduction retaining clip point. He indicated that it could have been broken for some time as the bronze retainer also failed. He also admitted to bearing down with considerable force on the pedal when the aircraft started swerving toward the area west of the runway. The mounting for the brake cylinder assembly was found broken with signatures similar to overload failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49846
- Reported as
- Maule M-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7384C
- Airframe hours
- 772
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Allen J. Shontz
- Registered owner
- Allen J Shontz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 11, 1986
- Departed
- 5NK · Naknek, AK
- Destination
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 238 total · 25 in this make and model · 386 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MRI, 5 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.