# Accident 20000701043709A: Maule MX7180, Woodbine, NJ, July 1, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2000, 11:45 local time
- Place: Woodbine, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2283° N, 74.8096° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodbine, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2283&lon=-74.8096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5661P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5661P-2000-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-180 (registry code 5470205, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX7180
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 30 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000701043709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD ON SIMULATED ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES. MR. WINCHELL WAS PROVIDING INSTRUCTION TO HIS SON, OWNER OF A/C N5661P. THE A/C WAS NEAR WOODBINE AIRPORT (1N4) WHEN THE INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATED A SIMULATED POWER-OFF LANDING. AS THE A/C TURNED ON FINAL APPROACH APPROX. 200', THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED THAT A NORMAL LANDING COULD NOT BE MADE. THE THEN APPLIED FULL POWER. THE A/C PRODUCED FULL POWER BUT SETTLED INTO THE BRUSH AND SMALL TREES APPROX. 285' FROM THE RWY 19 THRESHOLD. BOTH PILOTS REPORTED NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS. NO INJURIES. THE A/C WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. A 709 LETTER HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THE INSTRUCTOR, LAWRENCE R. WINCHELL, JR.

## 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 NYC00LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA179), Jul 1, 2000: Maule MX-7-180 (N5661P), Woodbine, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot-in-command's failure to initiate a timely go-around.

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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