Maule M-7 N770AS

Summary

On 28 August 1999 at about 23:30 local time, a Maule M-7 registered N770AS, operated by Arctic Air Guide Flying SVC., was involved in an accident near Kotzebue, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

28 August 1999 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Kotzebue, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

67.2392, -161.1892

Aircraft

Maule M-7

Registration

N770AS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Arctic Air Guide Flying SVC.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Selawik River → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC99LA127

Nobody was injured.

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 airline transport certificated pilot was completing a cross-country positioning flight, and decided to fly about 200 feet agl above a small lake. A large brown bird collided with the left wing tip of the airplane. After landing, the pilot discovered the wing tip faring was missing. The outboard end of the wing and the left aileron were damaged during the impact.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.