- Date
- May 1, 1991, 16:45 local (May 2, 1991, 00:45 UTC)
- Place
- Beluga, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N40676Maule M-4-220C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19910501013869A
- Case key
- 5539
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Probable cause
The engine failure due to undetermined causes. Contributing to the accident was the unsuitability of the available 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.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he had reduced engine power to idle and made a low pass over a snow covered strip. When he added power to resume the flight, the engine failed. There was no suitable forced landing area available. The pilot did not remember applying carburetor heat until after the engine failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40676
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-220C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2180C
- Airframe hours
- 1,592
- Engine
- Franklin 6A350-C1, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James D. Ferry
- Registered owner
- James D. Ferry
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 7, 1990 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- MRI · Anchorage, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 580 total · 220 in this make and model · 3 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 30 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 N40676 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.