- Date
- September 18, 1988, 12:07 local (20:07 UTC)
- Place
- Cordova, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2044UMaule M-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880918044809A
- Case key
- 5084
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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
While on base leg to the airport, the engine stopped producing power forcing the pilot to land the airplane on the tundra short of the runway. Upon landing the airplane nosed over. Subsequent examination of the engine showed water in the carburetor. The water was drained and the engine started and operated normally. The PIC stated that he last refueled his acft 1 week earlier from his own fuel tank that was equipped with an aquacon go-no-go filter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2044U
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2038C
- Airframe hours
- 1,976
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-350-C1, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roy Vanderpool
- Registered owner
- Roy Vanderpool
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 25, 1988 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- Bering River, AK
- Airport
- CDV · Cordova, runway 34, 1,900 × 30 ft, gravel
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
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total · 350 in this make and model · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °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.