19910213002309A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Maule M-6-235 · Maricopa, AZ · February 13, 1991

Date
February 13, 1991 · 15:46 local
Place
Maricopa, AZ
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5662F
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX91LA100
Reported as
Maule M6235
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540W1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
551 total165 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Tail wheel struck wire fence on takeoff from short Private strip caused loss of control and crash.

As the FAA filed it

TAIL WHEEL STRUCK WIRE FENCE ON TAKEOFF FROM SHORT PRIVATE STRIP CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL AND CRASH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.