# Incident 20090510008389I: Maule M6235, Poplar Grove, IL, May 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2009, 13:43 local time
- Place: Poplar Grove, IL
- Airport: Poplar Grove
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3229° N, 88.8363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POPLAR GROVE (C77), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3229&lon=-88.8363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9215X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9215X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-6-235 (registry code 5460160, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-6-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M6235
- Reported engine: LYC IO540W1A5D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,508 total, 1,088 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090510008389I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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