# Accident 20010107002229A: Maule MXT7180A, Perry, FL, January 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 7, 2001, 13:00 local time
- Place: Perry, FL
- Airport: Lumar
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0711° N, 83.5822° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0711&lon=-83.5822&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40030, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40030) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MXT-7-180A (registry code 5460187, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C4F (registry code 42290, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c4f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MXT7180A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 6 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010107002229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 7, 2001, MR. RUDOLF BLAKELY FLEW HIS NEWLY PURCHASED MAULE, N40030 AT HIS OWN PRIVATE AIRSTRIP FOR APPROX. 9 TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. HE STATED "I HAD A GOOD GRASP OF THE AIRPLANE AND WAS GOING TO SHOW IT OFF AT A FRIENDS AIRSTRIP". HE FLEW OVER TO ANOTHER PRIVATE AIRSTRIP CALLED LUNAR'S STALL PORT (FA29) AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND BUT BOUNCED THREE TIMES ENDING IN A INVERTED POSITION DOWN THE RUNWAY.  MR BLAKELY DOES NOT HOLD ANY PILOT CERTIFICATES AND WAS NOT CURRENT AT THE TIME OF THIS ACCIDENT.           (.4) ON JANUARY 7, 2001, ABOUT 1300 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A MAULE MXT-7-180A, N40030, REGISTERED TO B AND D AVIATION, INC., OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, SUSTAINED A NOSE OVER WHILE LANDING AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN THE VICINITY OF PERRY, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE STUDENT PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP ABOUT 3 HOURS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT, HE HAD FLOWN ALMOST 3 HOURS IN THE VICINITY OF HIS HOME FIELD, INCLUDING CONDUCTING PRACTICE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS, WHEN HE DEC IDED TO VISIT A FRIEND AT ANOTHER PRIVATE FIELD NEAR PERRY. THE FIELD WAS VERY ROUGH AND HILLY, AND ON LANDING ROLLOUT, HE HIT A BUMP AND BECAME AIRBORNE. THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND ON ITS SECOND TOUCHDOWN, FRACTURED THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT, BURIED THE REMAINING STRUT STUB, AND CAUSED A NOSE OVER. ACCORDING TO AN FAA INSPECTOR, THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT HE HAD CONDUCTED NINE TOUCH-AND-GO LANDINGS, AND STATED, "I HAD A GOOD GRASP OF THE AIRPLANE AND WAS GOING TO SHOW IT OFF AT A FRIEND'S AIRSTRIP". THE STUDENT STATED ON HIS LANDING, HE BOUNCED, TOUCHED DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR, SUSTAINED ANOTHER BOUNCE THAT DEFORMED THE WINGS AND WING STRUTS, AND THE THIRD AND FINAL BOUNCE RESULTED IN THE SHEARED NOSE STRUT AND NOSE 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 MIA01LA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA056), Jan 7, 2001: Maule MXT-7-180A (N40030), Perry, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of control on landing due to the student's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and the resulting nose over on the grass runway.

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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