# Accident 19851012054819A: Maule MX7235, Westerly, RI, October 12, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1985, 15:50 local time
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Airport: Westerly State
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3496° N, 71.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTERLY STATE (WST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3496&lon=-71.8034&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5661N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5661N-2013-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-235 (registry code 5470207, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX7235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,070 total, 150 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC86LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851012054819A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED ON LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED A CROSSWIND GUST AT TOUCHDOWN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC86LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA009), Oct 12, 1985: Maule MX 7-235 (N5661N), Westerly, RI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5661N (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19860622026999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860622026999A), Jun 22, 1986: Maule MX7235 (N5661N), Pittsburgh, PA, Substantial damage. Lost control (.4)the aircraft made a forced landing in a field after the pilot claimed control malfunction. However there was nothing found during the wreckage…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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