ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 353710
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 September 1998 |
| Time: | 19:14 LT |
| Type: | Maule ML-7 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N6110C |
| MSN: | 4049C |
| Year of manufacture: | 1987 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 560 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-540 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wasilla, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Mystic Lk Lodge, AK |
| Island Lake, AK | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot told the NTSB investigator-in-charge that he was returning from a hunting lodge with a load of moose meat. He indicated that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane, and the winds at cruise were 45 miles per hour. He described being on final approach to land, at 500 feet above the ground, and encountering a 'hellacious wind which tossed the airplane around like a leaf.' Witnesses on the ground described 'very windy conditions,' and 'the plane spinning into the water.' Weather observations from a station located five miles southwest of the accident site recorded surface winds gusting to 25 knots at the time of the accident. The weather forecast was for moderate to severe turbulence within 2,000 feet of the surface, and winds from the north gusting to 25 knots.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions, resulting in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the gusty and turbulent weather conditions.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ANC98LA165
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 10-Mar-2024 09:44 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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