# Accident 20021001025919A: Maule M7235C, San Antonio, TX, October 1, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2002, 17:30 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Twin Oaks Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5731° N, 98.4631° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5731&lon=-98.4631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4269B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4269B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MT-7-235 (registry code 5460175, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mt-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D (registry code 41658, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-w1a5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M7235C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021001025919A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS DOING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS, WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. HE DEPARTED THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 30 AT WHICH TIME HE HIT A DRAINAGE DITCH, THEN A PARKED TOW TRUCK. THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AFTER THE IMPACT. PILOT ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES. NO OTHER PERSON OR AIRCRAFT WAS INVOLVED. (.19) ON OCTOBER 1, 2002, APPROXIMATELY 1735 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A MAULE M-7-235C AIRPLANE, N4269B, WAS DESTROYED WHEN THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A TOW TRUCK DURING LANDING AT THE TWIN OAKS AIRPORT NEAR SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT. THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE TWIN OAKS AIRPORT, AT 1730. AFTER THE AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 30, A GUST OF WIND LIFTED THE NOSE AND RIGHT WING. THE AIRPLANE VEERED LEFT, EXITED THE RUNWAY, CROSSED A DRAINAGE DITCH, AND IMPACTED A TOW TRUCK LOCATED BETWEEN TWO HANGARS. A SUBSEQUENT FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRPLANE.

## 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 FTW03LA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03LA001), Oct 1, 2002: Maule M-7-235C (N4269B), San Antonio, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to compensate for the existing winds conditions. A contributing factor was the prevailing tailwind.

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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