20081009849519I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-7-235B · Norfolk, VA · October 9, 2008

Date
October 9, 2008 · 12:41 local
Place
Norfolk, VA
Airport
Norfolk International
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N156DS
Reported as
Maule M7235B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total65 in this make and model5 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) Pilot reported on landing on runway 32, "a wind increase (reported to be a moderate quartering crosswind) to the left wing down". Pilot stated he recovered from that and "kept the plane on the main gear but I must have touched teh brake because teh plane nosed over, into a gentle and uncontrollable arc ending nose down in the middle of the runway".

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED ON LANDING ON RUNWAY 32, "A WIND INCREASE (REPORTED TO BE A MODERATE QUARTERING CROSSWIND) TO THE LEFT WING DOWN". PILOT STATED HE RECOVERED FROM THAT AND "KEPT THE PLANE ON THE MAIN GEAR BUT I MUST HAVE TOUCHED TEH BRAKE BECAUSE TEH PLANE NOSED OVER, INTO A GENTLE AND UNCONTROLLABLE ARC ENDING NOSE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY".