20090510008389I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-6-235 · Poplar Grove, IL · May 10, 2009

Date
May 10, 2009 · 13:43 local
Place
Poplar Grove, IL
Airport
Poplar Grove
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9215X
Reported as
Maule M6235
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540W1A5D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,508 total1,088 in this make and model18 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) Rockford airport was reporting winds 300 @ 12 knots gust 18 knots/ janesville, WI airport was reporting 270 @ 14 knots gust 18 knots. privacy data omitted Chose runway 30 at C77 (Poplar Grove). Local winds based on tetrahedron were approximately 270 degrees. Made a three point landing, on the ground for about three seconds. The aircraft was drifting to the right due to winds, then suddenly, the left wing rose very high and the aircraft weather vaned into the wind. As he approached the left side of the runway, the left wing came down and the right wing and tail came up. The propeller and left wing tip struck the ground. When forward motion stopped, the tail came down hard and the tail wheel came off the spring. The aircraft came to rest half on the grass and half on the runway. (Heading approximately 300 degrees). Airport personnel towed aircraft to privacy data omitted house/hangar.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ROCKFORD AIRPORT WAS REPORTING WINDS 300 @ 12 KNOTS GUST 18 KNOTS/ JANESVILLE, WI AIRPORT WAS REPORTING 270 @ 14 KNOTS GUST 18 KNOTS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CHOSE RUNWAY 30 AT C77 (POPLAR GROVE). LOCAL WINDS BASED ON TETRAHEDRON WERE APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES. MADE A THREE POINT LANDING, ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT THREE SECONDS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT DUE TO WINDS, THEN SUDDENLY, THE LEFT WING ROSE VERY HIGH AND THE AIRCRAFT WEATHER VANED INTO THE WIND. AS HE APPROACHED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT WING CAME DOWN AND THE RIGHT WING AND TAIL CAME UP. THE PROPELLER AND LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND. WHEN FORWARD MOTION STOPPED, THE TAIL CAME DOWN HARD AND THE TAIL WHEEL CAME OFF THE SPRING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST HALF ON THE GRASS AND HALF ON THE RUNWAY. (HEADING APPROXIMATELY 300 DEGREES). AIRPORT PERSONNEL TOWED AIRCRAFT TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOUSE/HANGAR.