20100206026869A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maule M-5-235C · Kelton, UT · February 6, 2010

Date
February 6, 2010 · 10:15 local
Place
Kelton, UT
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9227E
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR10CA129
Reported as
Maule M-5-235C
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
561 total316 in this make and model27 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.

The pilot made the determination to land on a dirt road due to incliment weather. During the landing roll out the aircraft started to drift to the side of the road and entered into a snow bank. The aircraft tipped over its nose and ended upside-down. Visible damage was to the propeller, rudder and vertical stabilator, wing struts.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT MADE THE DETERMINATION TO LAND ON A DIRT ROAD DUE TO INCLIMENT WEATHER. DURING THE LANDING ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND ENTERED INTO A SNOW BANK. THE AIRCRAFT TIPPED OVER ITS NOSE AND ENDED UPSIDE-DOWN. VISIBLE DAMAGE WAS TO THE PROPELLER, RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILATOR, WING STRUTS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.