- Date
- June 26, 1991, 13:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Placid, NY
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56476Maule M6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910626024029A
- Case key
- 36944
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to properly compensate for the winds which resulted in a loss of control during landing. Factors related to the accident were: control interference from a passenger and gusty crosswinds.
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 was landing with a gusty crosswind from the left of approximately 50 degrees. The airplane drifted to the right prior to touchdown, the pilot corrected to the left, and the airplane touched down right of the centerline. The airplane then drifted left and paralleled the runway. Power was applied for a go-around but the left wing came up and the right wing dragged on the ground. The airplane then settled on both main wheels and came to stop, nosing over. After the accident, the pilot said his son in the right front seat was bracing himself on the rudder pedals.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56476
- Reported as
- Maule M6
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7424C
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Walter A. Minaert
- Registered owner
- Walter A. Minaert
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- ART · Watertown, NY
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- LKP · Lake Placid, runway 32, 4,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 156 total · 65 in this make and model · 72 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots, gusting 12
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N56476 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.