20160129021659A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maule M-7-235C · Macon, MO · January 29, 2016

Date
January 29, 2016 · 11:45 local
Place
Macon, MO
Airport
Macon-Fower Memorial Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N66E
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN16LA100
Reported as
Maule M-7-235C
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,750 total200 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Upon landing runway 20, the right main landing gear strut came free of the aircraft, rolled upside down, and caused the right wing lift struts to collapse. The pilot lost control of the aircraft and the aircraft departed the runway.

As the FAA filed it

UPON LANDING RUNWAY 20, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT CAME FREE OF THE AIRCRAFT, ROLLED UPSIDE DOWN, AND CAUSED THE RIGHT WING LIFT STRUTS TO COLLAPSE. THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

Other reports on N66E · 1

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