20060407004199I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M7235C · Fort Worth, TX · April 7, 2006

Date
April 7, 2006 · 19:45 local
Place
Fort Worth, TX
Airport
Fort Worth Spinks Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4280B
Reported as
Maule M7235C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
205 total100 in this make and model20 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) On April 7, 2006, a Maule-7, N4280B, registered privacy data omitted was involved in an incident at Fort Worth Spinks Airport. The aircraft was operated by the pilot privacy data omitted after touchdown on runway 35, the pilot experienced a gust of wind that lifted the aircraft off the runway and when the aircraft touched back down the left main gear collapsed with propeller striking runway. At the time of the incident the winds were 340 degrees at 17 knots gusting up to 43 knots. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, no flight plan was filed. The aircraft sustained minor damage, the pilot in command and passenger was uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 7, 2006, A MAULE-7, N4280B, REGISTERED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT FORT WORTH SPINKS AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA O^ AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 35, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND THAT LIFTED THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED BACK DOWN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WITH PROPELLER STRIKING RUNWAY. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE WINDS WERE 340 DEGREES AT 17 KNOTS GUSTING UP TO 43 KNOTS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE, THE PILOT IN COMMAND AND PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED.