20070517008599A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Maule MXT-7-180A · St Petersburg, FL · May 17, 2007

Date
May 17, 2007 · 07:20 local
Place
St Petersburg, FL
Airport
Albert Whitted Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1044M
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC07CA120
Reported as
Maule MXT7180A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
360 total50 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) A/c cleared to land rwy 36, as a/c touched down on rwy gust of wind from 270 moved a/c to the right off the rwy, as a/c approached 60 kt. Another gust of wind blew a/c into seawall where the a/c caught fire and was destroyed. There was a cross wind noted during landing, tower noted that numerous buildings west of rwy, on occasion may cause extreme turbulence during some cases of gusting winds from the west.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) A/C CLEARED TO LAND RWY 36, AS A/C TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY GUST OF WIND FROM 270 MOVED A/C TO THE RIGHT OFF THE RWY, AS A/C APPROACHED 60 KT. ANOTHER GUST OF WIND BLEW A/C INTO SEAWALL WHERE THE A/C CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS DESTROYED. THERE WAS A CROSS WIND NOTED DURING LANDING, TOWER NOTED THAT NUMEROUS BUILDINGS WEST OF RWY, ON OCCASION MAY CAUSE EXTREME TURBULENCE DURING SOME CASES OF GUSTING WINDS FROM THE WEST.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.