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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule MX7235 · Elton, LA · May 14, 1995

Date: May 14, 1995 · 19:00 local
Place: Elton, LA
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N3168S
Reported as: Maule MX7235
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 159 total26 in this make and model31 in the last 90 days

N3168SRegistration cancelled Mar 9, 2012 · Maule MX-7-180AS/N 20033C Airframe modelMaule MX-7-180A

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.

Premature liftoff. Veered off runway alignment. Unable climb. Tail hit levee. Settled into flooded field. Nosed over.

As the FAA filed it

PREMATURE LIFTOFF.VEERED OFF RUNWAY ALIGNMENT. UNABLE CLIMB.TAIL HIT LEVEE.SETTLED INTO FLOODED FIELD.NOSED OVER.