- Date
- August 27, 1989, 15:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Bainbridge, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4605TMaule M-4-210
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890827032499A
- Case key
- 5248
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Probable cause
Continued flight by the pilot into known adverse weather conditions, and his subsequent selection of unsuitable terrain for landing. Factors related to the accident were: adverse weather conditions and terrain conditions in the precautionary landing area.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4605T
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1018
- Airframe hours
- 1,415
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert Taylor
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1989 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Montague Island, AK
- Destination
- SWD · Seward, 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
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 250 in this make and model · 500 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 30 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 59 °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.
Other investigations on N4605T · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.