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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-5-180C · Battle Creek, MI · June 23, 2007

Date
June 23, 2007 · 10:53 local
Place
Battle Creek, MI
Airport
W K Kellogg
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N56550
Reported as
Maule M5180C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,800 total950 in this make and model25 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) Aircraft landed on the runway 23 at kbtl and ground-looped. It exited the runway approximately 1300 ft from the approach end and rolled into the grass. Winds were 10 gust to 15 from 150 and the runway was dry. The right wheel was broken and the right wing tip damaged.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE RUNWAY 23 AT KBTL AND GROUND-LOOPED. IT EXITED THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 1300 FT FROM THE APPROACH END AND ROLLED INTO THE GRASS. WINDS WERE 10 GUST TO 15 FROM 150 AND THE RUNWAY WAS DRY. THE RIGHT WHEEL WAS BROKEN AND THE RIGHT WING TIP DAMAGED.