Accident Maule M-5 N51645, Tuesday 24 September 1991

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Date:	Tuesday 24 September 1991
Time:	18:00 LT
Type:	Maule M-5
Owner/operator:	George Edwin Palmer
Registration:	N51645
MSN:	6510C
Total airframe hrs:	1300 hours
Engine model:	Continental IO-360
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Purkeypile Mine, AK - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Executive
Departure airport:	Mystic Lake, AK
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PILOT STATED THAT HE MISTAKENLY LANDED ON A DIFFERENT PART OF THE GRAVEL BAR THAN HE HAD INTENDED. DURING THE LANDING ROLL HE SAW A DITCH TO HIS FRONT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE THE AIRPLANE RAN INTO IT.

Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S IMPROPER TOUCHDOWN POINT ON THE GRAVEL BAR. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S INATTENTIVENESS AND THE DITCH IN THE GRAVEL BAR.

Accident investigation: