# Incident 19990823034599I: Maule MXT7180A, Charlotte, NC, August 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1999, 06:40 local time
- Place: Charlotte, NC
- Airport: Charlotte-Douglas International
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2132° N, 80.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (CLT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2132&lon=-80.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N197TW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N197TW-2009-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MXT-7-180A (registry code 5460187, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MXT7180A
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 109 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990823034599I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED CLT TO CONDUCT A TRAFFIC REPORTING FLIGHT IN THE LOCAL AREA. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF THE PILOT LEARNED OF INCOMING INCLEMENT WEATHER IN THE INTENDED REPORTING AREA.  PILOT RETURNED TO CLT AND WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 23. ON TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BROKE OFF AT THE WHEEL FORK.  THE WHEEL ASSEMBLY DID MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SKIN PANELS AFT OF THE NOSE WHEEL AREA.  OTHER DAMAGE NOTED WERE THE NOSE GEAR MOUNT BRACKET BENT/BUCKLED AND BOTH PROPELLER BALDE TIPS BENT.  MAULE FLIGHTS, INC. INSTALLED A NEW NOSE GEAR AND ALL ATTACHING PARTS IN SEPT. 1998.  ACCORDING TO MAULE MAINTENANCE AND ENGINEERING THIS KIND OF DAMAGE TO THIS MODEL OF THE MAULE ACFT. IS CONSISTENT WITH HARD LANDING ON THE NOSE WHEEL.

## Other reports on N197TW (1)

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

- [Incident 19980825031219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980825031219I), Aug 25, 1998: N197TW, Monroe, NC, Minor damage. Pilot was repostioning aircraft from charlotte doughlas international airport to goose creek airport. Enroute the pilot made a decision to practice a lanidng…

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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