# Incident 20080813842759I: Maule MXT7160, St Louis, MO, August 13, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2008, 18:00 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31865, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31865) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MXT-7-160 (registry code 5470204, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-B2D (registry code 42140, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-b2d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MXT7160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 870 total, 560 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080813842759I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED SHE CROSSED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD AT 65 KIAS AND TOUCHED DOWN ON THE MAIN GEAR ON OR JUST PAST THE RUNWAY NUMBERS.  AS THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN IT COLLAPSED.  FURTHERMORE, SHE STATED THAT WHEN SHE TOUCHED DOWN THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY.  THE DISTANCE FROM THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD TO TAXIWAY A4 IS 1,750'.  A POST EVENT EXAMINATION OF THE RUNWAY REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY ABEAM THE MIDPOINT TO TAXIWAY A4 AND SKIDDED TO A STOP AT A POINT JUST SHORT OF TAXIWAY A5.  THE DISTANCE OF THE SKID WAS APPROXIMATELY 500'.  AN EXAMINATION OF THE NOSE TIRE DID NOT INDICATE ANY FLAT SPOTS OR ABNORMAL WEAR OR DAMAGE.  INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCAFT HAS NOT REVEALED ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT FIREWALL.  THE NOSE GEAR MOUNT TUBES WERE FOUND TO BE BENT ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES WHEN WE EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT.  IT CAN NOT BE DETERMINED IF THE BENT NOSE GEAR MOUNT IS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT OR PREVIOUS HARD LANDINGS.  IT APPEARED WHEN THE NOSE GEAR TOUCHED DOWN THE HYDRAULIC FLUID DEPLETED FROM THE NOSE STRUT COMPLETELY COLLAPSED RESULTING IN THE BREAKAGE OF THE NOSE GEAR OLEO TUBE P/N 4049B.

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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