# Incident 20081009849519I: Maule M7235B, Norfolk, VA, October 9, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2008, 12:41 local time
- Place: Norfolk, VA
- Airport: Norfolk International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8956° N, 76.1989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORFOLK INTL (ORF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8956&lon=-76.1989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N156DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N156DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-7-235B (registry code 5460109, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-235b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M7235B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 65 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081009849519I

## Narrative

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

(-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".

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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