ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40616
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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 1998 |
| Time: | 11:00 LT |
| Type: |  Maule M-5-220C |
| Owner/operator: | Blanton H. Owen |
| Registration: | N16CB |
| MSN: | 5016C |
| Engine model: | Franklin 6A-350-C1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Kettle Falls, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Colville, WA |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses described the airplane performing maneuvers that were described as aerobatic prior to impact about 35 degrees nose down, and provided a photograph taken shortly before the accident of the airplane in an inverted attitude. This airplane is not approved for aerobatic maneuvers. The fuselage, engine and propeller, and one wing were recovered from 90 feet of water for inspection by FAA inspectors. Records indicated that this airplane had recently had structural repairs to the steel tubing structure. Those areas, as well as the rest of the structure and wing and wing-strut attachment points were inspected by FAA inspectors and an NTSB investigator. No evidence was found of pre-impact structural failure of the airplane.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain terrain clearance. A factor was an attempt to perform aerobatics at low altitude.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA98FA090
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 February 1993 | N16CB | Private | 0 | Englewood, CO | |
sub |
| 3 October 1993 | N16CB | Private | 0 | Watkins, CO | |
sub |
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 07-Apr-2024 11:04 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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