- Date
- May 20, 1985, 18:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5640CMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850520019009A
- Case key
- 35879
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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 personal transportation flight took off from allegheny co. ariport and made one landing back at the airport. The flight then departed the airport and made a landing on the water with the wheels down causing the aircraft to tip o ver onto its back.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5640C
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7321C
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-540 SERIES, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony J. A. Bryan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Allegheny Co., PA
- Airport
- Landed On Water
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,040 total · 50 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 215° at 20 knots
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 30 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.