- Date
- March 31, 1990, 17:54 local (21:54 UTC)
- Place
- Anchorage, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4619TMaule M-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19900331008579A
- Case key
- 5349
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Probable cause
The pilot's improper compensation for wind conditions and failure to maintain directional control. The unfavorable (variable) wind and snow covered terrain were related factors.
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 pilot stated that he was unable to maintain directional control while landing in variable wind conditions. The airplane subsequently went off the runway into snow, nosed over, and sustained substantial damage. The pilot said that his inability to maintain directional control, as well as the variable winds, resulted in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4619T
- Reported as
- Maule M-4
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 87
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond H. Tucker
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- MRI · Merrill Field, runway 33, 2,469 × 60 ft, asphalt
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 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 380 total · 228 in this make and model · 317 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MRI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.