# Accident 20061115029469A: Maule MX7180B, Edenville, MI, November 15, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2006, 16:02 local time
- Place: Edenville, MI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6500° N, 84.3833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6500&lon=-84.3833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4159K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4159K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-180B (registry code 5460188, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-180b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-C1F (registry code 41573, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-c1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX7180B
- Reported engine: LYC O360C1F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 24 total, 24 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI07LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061115029469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS REPORTED UPSIDE DOWN IN WIXOM LAKE. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AT THE GLADWIN COUNTY AIRPORT AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE APPARENT IMPACT DAMAGE FROM WATER. THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS A FATALITY.

## 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 CHI07LA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI07LA024), Nov 15, 2006: Maule MX-7-180B (N4159K), Edenville, MI, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control during landing on a lake resulting in the amphibian aircraft flipping over inverted.

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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