# NTSB SEA84LA226: Maule M6, N56526, Driggs, ID, September 12, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 12, 1984, 10:35 local (16:35 UTC)
- Place: Driggs, ID
- Coordinates: 43.690624, -111.87062 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6906&lon=-111.8706&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA84LA226
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40009/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA84LA226

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56526), registered now, S/N 7458C, built 1983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M6
- Registry model: [Maule M-6-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-6-235) (registry code 5460160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7458C
- Airframe hours: 90
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840912048229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840912048229A), Sep 12, 1984: Maule M6235, Driggs, ID, Substantial damage. Landed long. Ground looped when brakes were applied. Ran off the runway into a culvert.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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