20070329010179I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule BEE DEE M-4 · Tallahassee, FL · March 29, 2007

Date
March 29, 2007 · 11:30 local
Place
Tallahassee, FL
Airport
Tallahassee Regional
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4140C
Reported as
Maule BEEDEEM4
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
800 total400 in this make and model15 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) Winds were 080 at 8 gusting to 15. Pilot requested runway 09 and was rolling (less than 15 mph) out when the tail rose and the prop struck the runway causing the airplane to veer right. It did not completely leave the runway. The pilot pushed the airplane off the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WINDS WERE 080 AT 8 GUSTING TO 15. PILOT REQUESTED RUNWAY 09 AND WAS ROLLING (LESS THAN 15 MPH) OUT WHEN THE TAIL ROSE AND THE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER RIGHT. IT DID NOT COMPLETELY LEAVE THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT PUSHED THE AIRPLANE OFF THE RUNWAY.