Maule M-5-235C N343GA

Summary

On 13 September 2025 at about 20:28 local time, a Maule M-5-235C registered N343GA was involved in an accident near Point MacKenzie, Alaska, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

13 September 2025 at 20:28

Classification

Accident

Location

Point MacKenzie, Alaska, United States

Nearest airport

Goose Bay (Z40)

Coordinates

61.3678, -149.9372

Aircraft

Maule M-5-235C

Registration

N343GA

Category

Airplane

Year built

1976

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Anchorage → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ANC25LA105

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

On September 13, 2025, about 12:28 Alaska daylight time, a Maule M5-235C airplane, N343GA, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Point McKenzie, Alaska. The commercial pilot sustained serious injuries. The airplane was operated under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations as a Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, the airplane departed Merrill Field (MRI) Anchorage, Alaska at around 12:20 and was en route to land at a private strip near Point McKenzie Alaska. The pilot reported that he was going to land to the south and was on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern at about 80 knots with one notch of flaps extended. As the pilot maneuvered the airplane on the base leg of the traffic pattern about 300-400 feet agl (above ground level), he slowed to about 65 knots and added the second notch of flaps, the airplane immediately rolled to the left. The pilot attempted to recover the airplane; however, the airplane impacted the ground and came to rest on a northerly heading (see figure 1). The wreckage has been recovered, and a postaccident wreckage examination is pending. Figure 1 Accident airplane

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.