# Accident 20030413008119A: Maule MX7235, Denver, CO, April 13, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2003, 18:30 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Front Range Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7853° N, 104.5431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7853&lon=-104.5431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44UG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N44UG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-235 (registry code 5470207, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX7235
- Reported engine: LYC O540B4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 42 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA080) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030413008119A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC GROUND LOOPED HIS AIRCRAFT WHILE PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS IN A TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED HE WAS PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS, AND THE APPROACH AND LANDING WERE NORMAL UNTIL THE ROLLOUT AT WHICH POINT HE LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED THE AIRCRAFT. AN ANNUAL WAS PERFORMED ON THE AIRCRAFT ON 13 SEP 2002. PILOT IS IN EUROPE ON BUSINESS, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 DEN03LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA080), Apr 14, 2003: Maule MX-7-235 (N44UG), Watkins, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during the landing roll out. Contributing factors were the unlocked tailwheel.

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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