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Incident

FAA incident report · Maule M-7-235 · Lawton, OK · February 25, 1996

Date
February 25, 1996 · 17:23 local
Place
Lawton, OK
Airport
Lawton Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N61399
Reported as
Maule M7235
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total30 in this make and model30 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.

Narrative: on takeoff, the aircraft's tail wheel came off. The pilot was notified by the tower, and he flew around the pattern and landed on the grass at the airport parallel to the runway. No further damage was sustained. The pilot reported the cotter pin and nut that held the tail wheel on came off. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL WHEEL CAME OFF. THE PILOT WAS NOTIFIED BY THE TOWER, AND HE FLEW AROUND THE PATTERN AND LANDED ON THE GRASS AT THE AIRPORT PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. NO FURTHER DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. THE PILOT REPORTED THE COTTER PIN AND NUT THAT HELD THE TAIL WHEEL ON CAME OFF. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.