- Date
- March 30, 1986, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Sand Point, ID
- Injuries
- 2 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N119JCMaule M5-180C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860330040189A
- Case key
- 40375
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While attempting to take off in strong gusty crosswinds, the plt lost control of the acft. The acft veered off the rwy, struck a fence post, and nosed over inverted. The reported winds at coeur d'alene, ID, 33 nmi ssw of Sand Point, were reported as being from 240 degs at 20 KTS gusting to 27 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N119JC
- Reported as
- Maule M5-180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8030C
- Airframe hours
- 330
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J.C. Flight Management, Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 12, 1986 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- S86 · Sand Point, ID
- Destination
- YKM · Yakima, WA
- Airport
- S86 · Sandpoint, runway 19, 3,930 × 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 551 total · 11 in this make and model · 478 as pilot in command · 7 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 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.