# Accident 20140619008849A: Maule MX-7-235, Port Orchard, WA, June 19, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2014, 17:34 local time
- Place: Port Orchard, WA
- Airport: Vaughan Ranch Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.4650° N, 122.5683° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4650&lon=-122.5683&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5665A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5665A-2015-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-235 (registry code 5470207, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX-7-235
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,050 total, 60 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA254) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140619008849A

## Narrative

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

DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE WHILE IN GROUND EFFECT A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT N5665A AND BLEW THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE TREES ALONG SIDE THE RUNWAY.

## 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 WPR14CA254](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA254), Jun 20, 2014: Maule MX 7-235 (N5665A), Port Orchard, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed remedial action and failure to maintain directional control.

## Other reports on N5665A (1)

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

- [Accident 19910629025209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910629025209A), Jun 29, 1991: Maule MX7235 (N5665A), Blair Lakes, AK, Substantial damage. Tried to depart narrow unimproved bush strip. Wing struck willows and rotated aircraft into larger trees.

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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