- Date
- September 5, 1988, 16:00 local (Sep 6, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Eureka Creek, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N12020Maule M-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880905038449A
- Case key
- 5068
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 - uphillFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
During the takeoff roll on an upsloping gravel airstrip, the pilot lost control of the airplane. The airplane nosed over on its back. The pilot and both passengers exited the airplane without injuries.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12020
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30
- Airframe hours
- 1,140
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Otcheck, John
- Registered owner
- John Otcheck
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 8, 1987
- Departed
- PAQ · Palmer, 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 140 in this make and model · 99 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.