- Date
- November 7, 1992, 14:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Challis, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9008EMaule M5
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19921107045739A
- Case key
- 42923
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Probable cause
The pilot continued the VFR flight into IMC weather conditions. Factors relating to the accident were the snow and obscuration weather conditions, inadequate preflt planning/preparation by the pilot in command, and the mountainous terrain.
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 pilot took off on a VFR flt through mountainous terrain with no preflt weather briefing. The mountain tops in the direction of flt, visible from the departure airport, were obscured in clouds. The pilot followed a road at a low alt AGL up a mountain pass, encountered a snow squall at the top of the pass and attempted to reverse course. The acft impacted terrain in a nose down attitude 500 feet from the road in the pass.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9008E
- Reported as
- Maule M5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7058C
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jones, Robert E.
- Registered owner
- Jones, Robert E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 24, 1992
- Destination
- SUN · Hailey, ID
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 396 total · 330 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUN, 45 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.