Maule M-4-210C N51418

Summary

On 13 November 1983 at about 06:00 local time, a Maule M-4-210C registered N51418 was involved in an accident near Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 November 1983 at 06:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Nuiqsut, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Nuiqsut (10AK)

Coordinates

71.2800, -156.7800

Aircraft

Maule M-4-210C

Registration

N51418

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Deadhorse → Nuiqsut

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

ANC84FA016

1 person died.

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 ACFT CRASHED DURING THE APPROACH TO LAND AT A FOGGED IN ARPT AT NIGHT. SOMETIME BETWEEN 2045 AND 2100 YST AN ACFT WAS HEARD OVERFLYING THE ARPT AT NUIQSUT. THE VILLAGER WHO HEARD THE ACFT STATED THE NOISE DECREASED AS THOUGH THE ACFT WAS LANDING. HE THEN HEARD A SOUND DESCRIBED AS A PIECE OF METAL ROOFING SLIDING ACROSS GRAVEL. HE THOUGHT THE ACFT HAD LANDED BUT DID NOT SEE ANY LIGHTS ON THE RWY. HE ALSO STATED HE COULD NOT SEE ACROSS THE RWY DUE TO THE FOG. ACCORDING TO THE PASSENGERS WHO FLEW OUTBOUND TO DEADHORSE WITH THIS PLT THE LIGHTS IN THE COCKPIT WERE MARGINAL AND THE PLT USED A FLASHLIGHT SOME OF THE TIME. A COUPLE OF TIMES ACCORDING TO A PASSENGER GOING TO DEADHORSE THE ACFT'DROPPED' WHEN THE PLT LOST SIGHT OF LIGHTS ON THE GROUND. THE PLT WAS ALONE ON THE RETURN TRIP. THE PLT ALSO HAD A HISTORY OF HYPERTENSIONAND WAS TAKING MEDICINE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.