Maule M5 N9096E

Summary

On 22 August 2019 at about 18:45 local time, a Maule M5 registered N9096E was involved in an accident near Anchorage, Alaska, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 August 2019 at 18:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Anchorage, Alaska, United States

Coordinates

61.4933, -151.9064

Aircraft

Maule M5

Registration

N9096E

Category

Airplane

Year built

1977

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Anchorage

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA19CA507

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's excessive braking during landing on a dry lakebed, which resulted in a nose-over. 

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, after a three-point landing on a dry lakebed, the main landing gear "hit an unseen undulation in the landing pathway," and the airplane bounced. As the main landing gear touched down again, the pilot applied heavy braking, and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount, right wing, and left-wing lift strut. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.