Plane Crash List

Maule 5-235C N81CD

31 May 1983 · Fairbanks, Alaska, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 31 May 1983 at about 20:00 local time, a Maule 5-235C registered N81CD was involved in an accident near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 20:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Nearest airport
Fairbank (FAI)
Coordinates
64.8092, -147.7203
Aircraft
Maule 5-235C
Registration
N81CD
Category
Airplane
Engines
1
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
ANC83LA087

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE ACFT DURING LANDING. THE ACFT CARTWHEELED SEVERAL TIMES AND CAME TO REST ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ABOUT 500 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY. THE WEATHER WAS VMC BUT THE WIND WAS FROM 260 DEGREES AT 18 KTS. THE PILOT STATED HE LOST CONTROL OF THE ACFT BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WIND VELOCITY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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