- Date
- September 16, 1988, 16:00 local (Sep 17, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Porcupine Butte, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56304Maule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19880916051219A
- Case key
- 5085
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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 plt rprtd he landed harder than he intended from about 3 to 5 ft above the ground. The right main gear collapsed & the acft veered to the right. Subsequently, the left main gear collapsed & the acft came to rest off the airstrip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56304
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7236C
- Airframe hours
- 738
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas J. Bay
- Registered owner
- Thomas Bay
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 18, 1988 · 647 hours before
- Departed
- PAQ · Palmer, AK
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 140 total · 60 in this make and model · 70 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N56304 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.