- Date
- September 12, 1984, 10:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place
- Driggs, ID
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56526Maule M6
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840912048229A
- Case key
- 40009
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Airspeed - excessiveFactor
Proper touchdown point - not attainedFactor
Brakes(normal) - excessiveFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - ditch
Analysis
After landing long and fast brakes were applied, directional control was lost and the acft ground looped off of the rwy. The acft collided with and came to rest in a ditch.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56526
- Reported as
- Maule M6
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7458C
- Airframe hours
- 90
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W15D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James Welsh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1983 · 90 hours before
- Departed
- SUN · Hailey, ID
- Destination
- U59 · Driggs, ID
- Airport
- U59 · Teton Peaks Driggs Muni, runway 21, 5,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 208 total · 208 in this make and model · 121 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.