# Accident 19990522023899A: Maule M4210C, Lancaster, CA, May 22, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1999, 09:41 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: Gen Wm J Fox Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7411° N, 118.2186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7411&lon=-118.2186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51450 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4210C
- Reported engine: CONT IO360C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 9 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX99LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990522023899A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 22, 1999, AT 0941 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A MAULE M-4-210C, N51450 GROUND LOOPED DURING LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT GENERAL FOX FIELD IN LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA.  THE AIRCRAFT, OPERATED BY THE OWNER AND BORROWED BY THE PILOT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA, APPROXIMATELY 0600, AND WAS SCHEDULED TO TERMINATE AT THE COLUMBIA, CALIFORNIA, AIRPORT WITH A PLANNED STOP IN LANCASTER.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  REPORTED WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE 230 DEGREES AT 6 KNOTS. THE PILOT WAS INTERVIEWED BY A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION INSPECTOR.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE NO DISCREPANCIES WITH THE AIRCRAFT OR THE LANDING THROUGH TOUCHDOWN, AND ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.                                                              (-23)THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED WHEN THE TAIL WHEEL TOUCHED DURING A THREE POINT LANDING, ON RUNWAY 24.  THE WIND WAS 230 DEGREES AT SIX KNOTS.  DAMAGE CONSIST OF:BOTH PROPELLER BLADES, LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, LEFT SIDE AND B OTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE, BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT WING TIPS, RIGHT REAR WING SPAR, RIGHT AILERON, LEFT AILERON, AND TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY.

## 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 LAX99LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX99LA191), May 22, 1999: Maule M-4-210C (N51450), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing rollout. A factor in the accident was the pilot's limited experience in conventional gear airplanes.

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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