# Accident 20110807017679A: Maule M-7-235, Warrenton, VA, August 7, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2011, 13:15 local time
- Place: Warrenton, VA
- Airport: Warrenton Air Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6489° N, 77.7906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6489&lon=-77.7906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747GL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N747GL-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-7-235 (registry code 5470208, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-7-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-540-J1A5D, 235
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA443) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110807017679A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N747GL, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND DURING APPROACH TO WARRENTON AIR PARK (7VG0), WARRENTON, VA. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST UPRIGHT AND A POST-IMPACT FIRE ENSUED CONSUMING THE AIRPLANE EXCEPT FOR A PORTION OF THE LEFT WING AND THE TWO AMPHIBIOUS FLOATS. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM POTOMAC AIRFIELD (VKX), FRIENDLY, MARYLAND AT 1315.THE OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE STATED THAT THE ACCIDENT PILOT CALLED HIM ABOUT 1315 AND INFORMED HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO FLY THE FLOAT PLANE TO 7VG0. THE OWNER FURTHER STATED THAT HE HAD OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE ENTER THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THE RUNWAY AND WHILE TURNING FROM THE BASE LEG TO THE FINAL LEG OF THE APPROACH THE AIRPLANE BANKED TO THE LEFT. THE AIRPLANE APPEARED TO CONTINUE TO BANK TO APPROXIMATELY 75 DEGREES, AT WHICH POINT THE NOSE PITCHED OVER TO AN ALMOST VERTICAL ATTITUDE, IMPACTED THE GROUND IN THE OPEN FIELD PRIOR TO THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD, AND EXPLODED.ANOTHER WITNESS REPORTED THAT SHE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE FLYING OVER THE NORTH END OF THE RUNWAY AND TURN ONTO THE DOWNWIND LEG OF THE RUNWAY. WHEN SHE LOOKED UP AGAIN THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A BANK AND THEN THE AIRPLANE ENTERED A DIVE. SHE OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE IMPACT THE GROUND AND EXPLODE.

## 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 ERA11FA443](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA443), Aug 7, 2011: Maule M-7-235 (N747GL), Warrenton, VA, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate airspeed and excessive bank angle while maneuvering for landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall.

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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