- Date
- June 30, 1984, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Millinocket Lke, ME
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4468PMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840630033079A
- Case key
- 35288
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was landed hard on the glassy smooth surface of a lake. The plt admitted that the landing was hard and that after the touchdown the left float split open and the acft sank in 40 ft of water. Witnesses stated that the lake surface was calm and smooth when the acft landed. The plt did not file an accident report and has moved leaving no fowarding address. There is no record of a continuing interest in flying due possibly to financial loss. The plt and his daughter were occupants of the acft as it sank and both escaped injury. The plt held a student plt certificate and had accumulated only 6.5 hrs in this make acft of which 3.5 hrs were logged as PIC.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4468P
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7064C
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A50, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ralph Bragdon
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1976 · 5,171 hours before
- Departed
- Millinocket Lak, ME
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 67 total · 65 in this make and model · 86 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 64 °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.