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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-4-180V · Fredericksburg, TX · August 3, 2014

Date
August 3, 2014 · 08:45 local
Place
Fredericksburg, TX
Airport
Gillespie County
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3113K
Reported as
Maule M-4-180V
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-C1F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
350 total2 in this make and model20 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 of aircraft N3113K, a Maule, lost control on landing. The pilot reported that on touch down, '"the aircraft took an immediate hard left and that he made every effort to correct with the opposite rudder but had no effect at all." The aircraft skidded sideways causing the right main gear to collapse under the belly prior to the aircraft going off the runway. There is wrinkling of the right wing and a crack on the right wing tip.

There was a sudden engine stoppage.

There were no injuries.

There was no major damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N3113K, A MAULE, LOST CONTROL ON LANDING. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON TOUCH DOWN, '"THE AIRCRAFT TOOK AN IMMEDIATE HARD LEFT AND THAT HE MADE EVERY EFFORT TO CORRECT WITH THE OPPOSITE RUDDER BUT HAD NO EFFECT AT ALL." THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED SIDEWAYS CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TO COLLAPSE UNDER THE BELLY PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT GOING OFF THE RUNWAY. THERE IS WRINKLING OF THE RIGHT WING AND A CRACK ON THE RIGHT WING TIP.

THERE WAS A SUDDEN ENGINE STOPPAGE.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

THERE WAS NO MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.