# Accident 19980421007429A: Maule MXT7180, Orland, IN, April 21, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1998, 19:00 local time
- Place: Orland, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7308° N, 85.1723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orland, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7308&lon=-85.1723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N327PF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N327PF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MXT-7-180A (registry code 5460187, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-C1F (registry code 41573, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-c1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MXT7180
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 578 total, 4 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980421007429A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED TWICE LANDING. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. MAULE NOSED OVER. (-23) AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE THEN DUG IN NOSE GEAR WHILE LANDING ON GRASS STRIP FLIPPING IT OVER ON ITS BACK CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THERE WAS NO INJURIES OR FIRE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N327PF (1)

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

- [Incident 20040110000289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040110000289I), Jan 10, 2004: Maule MXT7180A (N327PF), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. (-23) On landing from the north to south on runway 17 at the rbd airport the aircraft bounced and broke the actuating cylinder in the nose gear. There were no…

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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