# Incident 20060407004199I: Maule M7235C, Fort Worth, TX, April 7, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2006, 19:45 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Spinks Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5651° N, 97.3084° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH SPINKS (FWS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5651&lon=-97.3084&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4280B (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M7235C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 205 total, 100 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060407004199I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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