# Incident 20090517007419I: Maule MX7235, Forest Grove, OR, May 17, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: Forest Grove, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.5261° N, 123.1099° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Forest Grove, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5261&lon=-123.1099&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5667T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5667T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-235 (registry code 5470207, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX7235
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 78 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090517007419I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDNG ON A PRIVATE GRAVEL ROAD THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 70 FEET THROUGH 48 INCH TALL NURSEY STOCK BEFORE NOSING OVER AND COMING TO REST INVERTED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.  NEITHER THE PRIVATE PILOT RATED PIC OR HIS PASSENGER WRE INJURED.  THE PILOT STATED HE CAUGHT A WIND GUST JUST AFTER LANDING CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY.  THE PASSENGER STATED THE AIRPLANE "HIT REALLY HARD AND BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR SO THE PILOT APPLIED POWER IN AN ATTEMPT TO TAKEOFF, BUT THE AIRPLANE WENT INTO THE BUSHES AND FLIPPED OVER.

## Other reports on N5667T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19870509019369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870509019369I), May 9, 1987: Maule M7235 (N5667T), Santa Fe, NM, Substantial damage. During landing with a slight crosswind the aircraft groundlooped.

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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