# Accident 20000212014399A: Maule M6235, Reserve, NM, February 12, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2000, 10:30 local time
- Place: Reserve, NM
- Airport: Reserve Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6993° N, 108.7602° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6993&lon=-108.7602&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56507, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56507-2013-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-6-235 (registry code 5460160, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-6-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M6235
- Reported engine: LYC O540J1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,725 total, 1,456 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000212014399A

## Narrative

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

(.4) THE PILOT SAID THAT ON HIS DESCENT TO THE AIRPORT, THE WIND BECAME 'LIGHT TO MODERATE OUT OF THE SOUTH.' THE MIDFIELD WIND SOCK WAS 'STRAIGHT OUT, INDICATING A LEFT QUARTERING WIND TO RUNWAY 24.'  THE FINAL APPROACH WAS 'ROUGH,' AND HE DECIDED TO MAKE A GO-AROUND.  HE NOTICED THE WIND SOCK AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY WAS 'HANGING, BENT IN THE MIDDLE.'  THE PILOT SAID THAT ON THE SECOND APPROACH, HE WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY HEADING WITHOUT INTRODUCING A CRAB ANGLE.  WHEN HE FLARED THE AIRPLANE FOR LANDING, IT BALLOONED 8 TO 10 FEET UP INTO THE AIR.  HE APPLIED SOME POWER.  AS THE AIRPLANE SETTLED BACK TO THE GROUND, THE LEFT WING AND NOSE CAME UP AND THE PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER.  SEEING TREES AND A BEACON TOWER HE WOULD BE UNABLE TO AVOID, THE PILOT REDUCED POWER TO IDLE.  THE AIRPLANE STRUCK THE GROUND AND NOSED OVER.

## 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 DEN00LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA051), Feb 12, 2000: Maule M-6-235 (N56507), Reserve, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for wind conditions. A factor was the wind gust.

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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