# NTSB Accident SEA97LA063
> **Maule M-5-180** · 1997-02-21 · JORDAN VALLEY, OR, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA97LA063
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07462
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-02-21
- **Location:** JORDAN VALLEY, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.960384, -117.360931
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Maule
- **Model:** M-5-180
- **Registration:** N5652W
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

failure of the pilot to maintain directional control of the aircraft, while landing.  Factors relating to the accident included: the pilot's improper inflight decision to attempt a descent through what appeared to be a hole in the clouds, his inadvertent flight into icing conditions in the clouds, airframe icing, and tall vegetation growing in the vicinity of the runway.

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