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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M7235C · Put In Bay, OH · May 12, 2005

Date: May 12, 2005 · 18:30 local
Place: Put In Bay, OH
Airport: Put In Bay Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N235WT
Reported as: Maule M7235C
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 245 total154 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The pilot stated: while landing on rwy 03 a gust of wind from about 45%-90% right side (x-wind) about 10KTS, caused the a/c to weathervane to the right. I did have the appropriate x-wind controls in place, left rudder-right aileron. Then suddenly the a/c veered to the left, that is when the right wing tip contacted the ground, then the a/c turned right and the left wtip struck the runway. The aircraft skidded off the left side of runway and AME to rest at the intersection of rwy & ramp area.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT STATED: WHILE LANDING ON RWY 03 A GUST OF WIND FROM ABOUT 45%-90% RIGHT SIDE (X-WIND) ABOUT 10KTS, CAUSED THE A/C TO WEATHERVANE TO THE RIGHT. I DID HAVE THE APPROPRIATE X-WIND CONTROLS IN PLACE, LEFT RUDDER-RIGHT AILERON. THEN SUDDENLY THE A/C VEERED TO THE LEFT, THAT IS WHEN THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND, THEN THE A/C TURNED RIGHT AND THE LEFT WTIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY AND AME TO REST AT THE INTERSECTION OF RWY & RAMP AREA.