# Accident 20150511006839A: Maule M-4-220C, Rigby, ID, May 11, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2015, 11:00 local time
- Place: Rigby, ID
- Airport: Rigby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6425° N, 111.9294° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6425&lon=-111.9294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2058U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2058U-2015-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-220C (registry code 5460114, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-220c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A&6V335 series (registry code 27020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-6v335-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-4-220C
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A&6V335 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 61 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA15CA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150511006839A

## Narrative

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

GEAR COLLAPSE, LANDING DRIFTED OFF RUNWAY, TURNED.

PILOT STATED CONCERNING THE GROUND LOOP EVENT THAT OCCURRRED ON 5/11/2015, IN MAULE, N2058U, NOTICE UPON SETTING FOR LANDING THAT WINDSOCK WAS STANDING STRAIGHT OUT WITH CROSSWIND FROM THE RIGHT AND APPEARED TO BE STILL FAVORING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 01.

PILOT STATED MADE GOOD FULL STALL LANDING, TOUCHDOWN WAS SMOOTH AND ON CENTERLINE. STARTED TO DECELERATE A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT AND THE RIGHT WING STARTED TO GO UP, CORRECTED WITH WING DOWN AILERON AT WHICH TIME PLANE STARTED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT.

STATED IT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO SOFTER DIRT/WEEDS ON SIDE OF RUNWAY AT WHICH TIME THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DUG IN AND COLLAPSED.

## 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 GAA15CA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA15CA067), May 11, 2015: Maule M 4-220C (N2058U), Rigby, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing roll.

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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