- Date
- July 2, 1982, 12:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mt. Vernon, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9161EMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820702028579A
- Case key
- 71793
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Analysis
The purpose of the flight was dual training for short field obstacle landings. On the third approach, a delayed flare resulted in a hard landing and gear collapse.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9161E
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7119C
- Airframe hours
- 887
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Lawrence D. Becker
- Registered owner
- Lawrence D. Becker
- Departed
- 74S · Anacortes, WA
- Destination
- 74S · Anacortes, WA
- Airport
- 0S4 · Barker, runway 16, 2,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 37
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,614 total · 636 in this make and model · 1,427 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 144 °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 N9161E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.