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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-4-210C · Garden City, TX · September 2, 2016

Date
September 2, 2016 · 10:00 local
Place
Garden City, TX
Airport
Bruton
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8YP
Reported as
Maule M-4-210C
Reported engine
Continental IO-360-D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
20 total12 in this make and model12 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.

On September 2, 2016, at approximately 1000 CDT, N8YP, a Maule M4-210C, operated by a student pilot lost control while taxiing aircraft. Gusting winds pushed the aircraft off taxiway causing the right main landing gear tire to get stuck in mud. The aircraft then nosed over and came to rest upside down causing substantial damage to wings and tail of aircraft. Student pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1000 CDT, N8YP, A MAULE M4-210C, OPERATED BY A STUDENT PILOT LOST CONTROL WHILE TAXIING AIRCRAFT. GUSTING WINDS PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF TAXIWAY CAUSING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE TO GET STUCK IN MUD. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO WINGS AND TAIL OF AIRCRAFT. STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.