- Date
- July 8, 1986, 20:30 local (Jul 9, 1986, 04:30 UTC)
- Place
- Juneau, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40646Maule M-4-220C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860708041679A
- Case key
- 40439
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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.
Analysis
The acft veered left and ground looped during landing roll. The right main gear strut collapsed during the landing. The plt had 5 hours total flt time in this acft and stated the toe brakes seemed 'touchy' during the landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40646
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-220C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2162C
- Airframe hours
- 1,125
- Engine
- Franklin 6A-350-C1, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William C. Newell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 1986
- Departed
- GST · Gustavis, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- JNU · Juneau, runway 8, 8,456 × 150 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 141 total · 5 in this make and model · 97 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JNU
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.