- Date
- August 31, 1988, 09:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kukaklek, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N307XMaule M-5-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880831038379A
- Case key
- 5062
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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Terrain condition - loose gravel/sandyFactor
Terrain condition - softFactor
Terrain condition - tundraFactor
Unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - not identifiedCause
Preflight planning/preparation - inadequateCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
During the takeoff roll on the gravel bar the airplane crossed the gravel area on to the soft tundra. The pilot then lost directional control of the airplane. The airplane nosed over on its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N307X
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6123C
- Airframe hours
- 1,383
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Norman Wilder
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 31, 1988 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- Port Alsworth, 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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,860 total · 850 in this make and model · 1,820 as pilot in command · 77 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 37 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.