# Accident 20050928026929A: Maule MT7235, Guyton, GA, September 28, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2005, 15:00 local time
- Place: Guyton, GA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5722° N, 81.6642° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5722&lon=-81.6642&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1012H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1012H-2012-11-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MT-7-235 (registry code 5460175, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mt-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MT7235
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 562 total, 62 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL05CA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050928026929A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS LANDING HIS AIRCRAFT AT HIS PRIVATE GRASS STRIP. THE STRIP HAS A ROUGH SURFACE AND THE NOSE STRUT HAD RECENTLY BEEN REPLACED DUE TO DAMAGE CAUSED BY USE OF THE STRIP. WHEN THE NOSE WHEEL CONTACTED THE GROUND, THE NOSE STRUT BROKE OFF AT ITS BASE AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE OWNER/PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ATL05CA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL05CA164), Sep 28, 2005: Maule MT-7-235 (N1012H), Guyton, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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