# Accident 20020819024619A: Maule M7235, Palmer, AK, August 19, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2002, 08:30 local time
- Place: Palmer, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: G7HC
- Location: 61.5833° N, 149.0930° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5833&lon=-149.0930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N897M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N897M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-7-260 (registry code 5460111, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M7235
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC02LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA099) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020819024619A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 19, 2002, AT APPROXIMATELY 0830, THE PILOT ON A FAR PART 135 FLIGHT WITH TWO PASSENGERS LANDED ON AN UNIMPROVED RUNWAY LOCATED AT THE RIGHT FORK OF FRIDAY CREEK. FRIDAY CREEK IS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES EAST OF THE PALMER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. DURING THE ROLL-OUT PHASE, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR AXLE FAILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TRAVELING 15 MILES PER HOUR WHEN THE RIGHT GEAR LEG DUG INTO THE DIRT CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO PITCH DOWN AND IMPACT THE GROUND WHICH THEN RESULTED IN A PROPELLER STRIKE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## 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 ANC02LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC02LA099), Aug 19, 2002: Maule M-7-235 (N897M), Palmer, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fracture of the right main landing gear axle during landing roll. Factors associated with the accident were corrosion of the landing gear axle, failure of company maintenance personnel to…

## Other reports on N897M (1)

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

- [Accident 19960824023779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960824023779A), Aug 24, 1996: Maule M7235 (N897M), Palmer, AK, Substantial damage. Narrative: aircraft landed on gravel strip and suffered a rock cut in right main tire, causing a flat. Before pilot could completely stop the aircraft, it…

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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