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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-7-235C · Devine, TX · August 18, 2005

Date
August 18, 2005 · 12:00 local
Place
Devine, TX
Phase of flight
Takeoff Ground Roll
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4274Y
Reported as
Maule M7235C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,300 total40 in this make and model90 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) While on take-off, aircraft veered left and ground-looped. There was minor damage to the aircraft, but no injuries, no fire and no NMAC. The tail wheel assembly broke and jammed. An m or d will be submitted by the mechanic.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE ON TAKE-OFF, AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT AND GROUND-LOOPED. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT, BUT NO INJURIES, NO FIRE AND NO NMAC. THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY BROKE AND JAMMED. AN M OR D WILL BE SUBMITTED BY THE MECHANIC.