# Incident 20030513011499I: Maule M7260C, Valley, NE, May 13, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2003, 16:00 local time
- Place: Valley, NE
- Airport: Werner Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3414° N, 96.3950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WERNER (NE56), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3414&lon=-96.3950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N521CL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M7260C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 400 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030513011499I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 13, 2003, MR. WERNER WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. UPON COMPLETING HIS FOURTH AND FINAL LANDING, A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED VEERING TO THE RIGHT. THE PILOT, MR. WERNER, APPLIED LEFT RUDDER PRESSURE AND THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RESPOND. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED VEERING TO THE RIGHT AND VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT WHEEL HIT A SOFT SPOT IN THE GRASS (THE GROUND WAS WET DUE TO A RECENT RAIN) AND THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE TAILWHEEL HAD VIBRATED AT TIMES BEFORE. AFTER THE INCIDENT, THE TAIL WAS PUT UP ON A BLOCK OF WOOD AND THE TAILWHEEL WAS CHECKED FOR UNLOCKING POSITION. IT APPEARED THAT THE TAIL WHEEL UNLOCKED PREMATURELY.

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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