# Incident 20140912024429I: Maule MT-7-260, Lago Vista, TX, September 12, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 2014, 14:15 local time
- Place: Lago Vista, TX
- Airport: Rusty Allen
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4544° N, 97.9886° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4544&lon=-97.9886&mi=10
- Aircraft: N719WM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N719WM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MT-7-260 (registry code 5460184, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mt-7-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-V4A5D (registry code 41807, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-v4a5d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MT-7-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-V4A5D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,730 total, 209 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14CA503](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA503) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140912024429I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT AND ONLY OCCUPANT OF MAULE AIRCRAFT, N719WM, ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF AT THE LAGO VISTA AIRPORT, WITH NORTH EAST WINDS EIGHT MPH GUSTING TO 16MPH. AFTER ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT ONLY CLIMBED A FEW FEET WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DROPPED BACK TO THE RUNWAY. SEVERAL BOUNCES OCCURRED RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS ALONG 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 CEN14CA503](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA503), Sep 12, 2014: Maule MT 7-260 (N719WM), Largo Vista, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for gusting wind conditions during takeoff, which resulted in the nose landing gear impacting the runway and the subsequent collapse of the nose landing gear.

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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