# Accident 20090723047739A: Maule M-7-235B, Turner, ME, July 23, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2009, 09:30 local time
- Place: Turner, ME
- Airport: Twitchell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.1867° N, 70.2264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.1867&lon=-70.2264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N595Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N595Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-7-235B (registry code 5460109, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-235b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-540-B4B5 (registry code 42340, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-b4b5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-7-235B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,500 total, 15 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA416) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090723047739A

## Narrative

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

7/23/09 ABOUT 0930LCL N595Z A MAULE M-7-235-B TOOKOFF FROM THE12/30 ASPHALT RUNWAY AT TWICHELL'S AIRPORT INTURNER ME (3B5).  AT ABOUT 0931 THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON THE 2000FT GRASS RUNWAY DOWN THE HILL NEXT TO THE TWITCHELL'S AIRPORT SEAPLANE BASE.  TOWARDS THE END OF THE ROLLOUT THE PILOT LOST CONTROL AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ON TO ITS BACK.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE SOLE OCCUPANT SUSTAINING MINOR INJURIES TO THE HEAD.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HIS SOUTHEASTERLY APPROACH TO THE GRASS RUNWAY WAS WITH FULL POWER AT 60 KNOTS WITH 20 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND 20 INCHES OF MERCURY MANIFOLD PRESSURE.  ON TOUCHDOWN HE SAID HE HAD NO AILERON CONTROL.  THE PROPELLER WENT INTO THE GRASS AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EGRESS WAS BLOCKED BY A DOOR THAT WOULD NOT OPEN.  TRYING THE OTHER DOOR IT OPENED AND HE THEN RELEASED THE SHOULDER HARNESS AND EXITED.  THERE WAS NO FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA09CA416](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA416), Jul 23, 2009: Maule M7 (N595Z), Turner, ME, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control during the landing rollout.

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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