# Accident 20070512006559A: Maule MXT7180A, Red Lodge, MT, May 12, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2007, 12:45 local time
- Place: Red Lodge, MT
- Airport: Red Lodge Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.1872° N, 109.2672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1872&lon=-109.2672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10484, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10484-2014-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MXT-7-180A (registry code 5460187, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-C1F (registry code 41573, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-c1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MXT7180A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 200 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX07CA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA164) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070512006559A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 12, 2007, AT 1245 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME (MDT), A MAULE MXT-7-180A, N10484, REGISTERED TO ACE FLYING, LLC AND PILOTED BY THE OWNER, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS LANDING RUNWAY 16 AT RED LODGE, MONTANA WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT DURING GUSTY CROSSWINDS FROM THE EAST WHEN HE DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND AND REALIZED HE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CLIMB OUT AND THROTTLED BACK TO IDLE. HE CRASH LANDED 100 YARDS WEST OF RUNWAY 16 AT APPROXIMATELY MID-FIELD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND NO VFR FLIGHT WAS FILED. THE PILOT, PASSENGER, AND DOG WERE UNINJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE LARAMIE, WYOMING (KLAR) AIRPORT, ON MAY 12, 2007 AT 0850 MDT.

## 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 LAX07CA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA164), May 12, 2007: Maule MXT-7-180A (N10484), Red Lodge, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for gusty crosswind conditions and failure to maintain proper runway alignment that resulted in dragging a wing and ground looping. Also causal was the pilot's…

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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