# Accident 20060725021789A: Maule M7235C, Auburn, WA, July 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 2006, 16:28 local time
- Place: Auburn, WA
- Airport: Auburn Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3278° N, 122.2267° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3278&lon=-122.2267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15SN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N15SN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-7-235C (registry code 5460110, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M7235C
- Reported engine: LYC IO540W1A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 99 total, 22 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060725021789A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING ROLLOUT AFTER LANDING ON RWY 16 AIRCRAFT SWERVED LEFT THEN GROUND LOOPED TO THE RIGHT. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE IN THE GRASS 15 FEET TO THE WEST OF AND PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY. LEFT WING AND NOSE CONTACTED THE GROUND DAMAGING THE PROP, LEFT WING TIP, LEFT AILERON AND LEFT MAIN LDG GEAR. RIGHT TAILWHEEL SPRING CLIP AND SPRING THAT ATTACHES TAILWHEEL TILLER TO RUDDER HORN WAS FOUND MISSING AT THE SCENE.

## 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 SEA06CA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06CA149), Jul 26, 2006: Maule M-7-235C (N15SN), Auburn, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of directional control [not possible] during landing roll as a result of the disconnected tail wheel steering assembly [for undetermined reasons], which led to an inadvertent ground loop…

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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