- Date
- September 6, 1988, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Priest River, ID
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56312Maule M5-235C
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40881
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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.
Hard landing
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - improperCause
Flare - improperCause
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Landing gear,main gear - collapsed
Analysis
On approach for lndg on rwy 27, the plt noted that the windsock was indicating strong, shifting winds. The acft settled in the flare, despite added power, resulting in hard landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56312
- Reported as
- Maule M5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7245C
- Airframe hours
- 1,316
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Mc Leasing Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 29, 1988 · 37 hours before
- Departed
- COE · Coeur D'Alene, ID
- Airport
- Valenov Ranch, runway 27, 1,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,550 total · 1,216 in this make and model · 1,273 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 230° at 20 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFF, 38 nm away