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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-5-235C · Kingfisher, OK · July 22, 2011

Date
July 22, 2011 · 11:30 local
Place
Kingfisher, OK
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6225M
Reported as
Maule M-5-235C
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
340 total32 in this make and model30 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.

Pilot stated he was flying at 500 feet AGL over the cimmaron river when the engine started running rough. After attempting a restart and determining that he didn't have enough power to remain aibourne, he landed the aircraft on a dry sandbar by the river. While taxiing the aircraft entered an area of soft sand and it nosed over and struck the propeller tips, damaging a prop tip.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED HE WAS FLYING AT 500 FEET AGL OVER THE CIMMARON RIVER WHEN THE ENGINE STARTED RUNNING ROUGH. AFTER ATTEMPTING A RESTART AND DETERMINING THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH POWER TO REMAIN AIBOURNE, HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON A DRY SANDBAR BY THE RIVER. WHILE TAXIING THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN AREA OF SOFT SAND AND IT NOSED OVER AND STRUCK THE PROPELLER TIPS, DAMAGING A PROP TIP.