Maule M-5-235C N4468P

Summary

On 30 June 1984 at about 20:00 local time, a Maule M-5-235C registered N4468P was involved in an accident near Millinocket Lke, Maine, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 June 1984 at 20:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Millinocket Lke, Maine, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Maule M-5-235C

Registration

N4468P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Millinocket Lak → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC84DNC04

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 ACFT WAS LANDED HARD ON THE GLASSY SMOOTH SURFACE OF A LAKE. THE PLT ADMITTED THAT THE LANDING WAS HARD AND THAT AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT FLOAT SPLIT OPEN AND THE ACFT SANK IN 40 FT OF WATER. WITNESSES STATED THAT THE LAKE SURFACE WAS CALM AND SMOOTH WHEN THE ACFT LANDED. THE PLT DID NOT FILE AN ACCIDENT REPORT AND HAS MOVED LEAVING NO FOWARDING ADDRESS. THERE IS NO RECORD OF A CONTINUING INTEREST IN FLYING DUE POSSIBLY TO FINANCIAL LOSS. THE PLT AND HIS DAUGHTER WERE OCCUPANTS OF THE ACFT AS IT SANK AND BOTH ESCAPED INJURY. THE PLT HELD A STUDENT PLT CERTIFICATE AND HAD ACCUMULATED ONLY 6.5 HRS IN THIS MAKE ACFT OF WHICH 3.5 HRS WERE LOGGED AS PIC.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.