- Date
- June 22, 1986, 19:55 local (23:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ardara, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5661NMaule MX7-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860622026999A
- Case key
- 30360
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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 aircraft made a forced landing in a field after the pilot claimed control malfunction. However there was nothing found during the wreckage examination to substantiate this statement and the cause of this accident is undetermined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5661N
- Reported as
- Maule MX7-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10019C
- Airframe hours
- 49
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony J. A. Bryan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 13, 1985 · 49 hours before
- Departed
- Westerly, RI
- Destination
- AGC · West Mifflin, PA
- Airport
- AGC · Allegheny Co.
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,235 total · 180 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 61 °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 N5661N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.