Maule ML-7 N6110C

Summary

On 30 September 1998 at about 02:14 local time, a Maule ML-7 registered N6110C was involved in an accident near Wasilla, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

30 September 1998 at 02:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Wasilla, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Maule ML-7

Registration

N6110C

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mystic Lk Lodge → Island Lake

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC98LA165

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions, resulting in an inadvertent stall. Contributing factors were the gusty and turbulent weather conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.