# Incident 20140803017029I: Maule M-4-180V, Fredericksburg, TX, August 3, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 2014, 08:45 local time
- Place: Fredericksburg, TX
- Airport: Gillespie County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.2432° N, 98.9092° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE COUNTY (T82), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2432&lon=-98.9092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3113K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3113K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-180V (registry code 5460136, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-180v) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C1F (registry code 42283, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c1f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-4-180V
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-C1F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 2 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140803017029I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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