# Incident 20080406832409I: Maule MX7180A, Springfield, IL, April 6, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2008, 08:54 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Abraham Lincoln Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8446° N, 89.6776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL (SPI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8446&lon=-89.6776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17MX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17MX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-180A (registry code 5460186, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX7180A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 45 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080406832409I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN LANDING ON RUNWAY 13 AT THE SPRINGFIELD CAPITAL AIRPORT, LOST CONTROL ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP. THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING AND LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WINGTIP AND MAIN GEAR STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIED CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY UNDER ITS OWN POWER TO THE RAMP. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N17MX (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100730043209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100730043209A), Jul 30, 2010: Maule MX-7-180A (N17MX), Pleasant Hill, IL, Substantial damage. The pilot of N17MX, a Maule aircraft was enroute to spi when the weather conditions deteoriated near the west central town of pittsfield, Illinois. The private…

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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