- Date
- July 9, 1988, 11:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Egegik, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5647YMaule M6-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880709026039A
- Case key
- 5027
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 on the beach, the aircraft struck a three-wheeled scooter (atv). The atv was substantially damaged and the driver of the atv, an eleven year old boy, died a few days later. The atv passenger, a eight year old girl, received minor injuries. Witnesses near the accident site stated that after the aircraft touched down, and during the landing roll, the atv crossed directly in front of the aircraft and was struck by the propeller. The landing site selected by the pilot was a popular beach, normally occupied by local residents of a nearby community. However, the pilot stated that he had selected the beach for landing so he and the pax could look at local fishing sites.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5647Y
- Reported as
- Maule M6-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7429C
- Airframe hours
- 1,003
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Denny E. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988
- Departed
- Naknek, 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
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 970 in this make and model · 30,000 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 0 ft
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.