# Accident 20161110024829A: Maule MX-7-180B, Port Aransas, TX, November 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2016, 14:30 local time
- Place: Port Aransas, TX
- Airport: Mustang Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8122° N, 97.0894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8122&lon=-97.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N591SB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX-7-180B
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-C1F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,010 total, 91 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161110024829A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED AT (RAS) AIRPORT AND UPON ROLLOUT, A CROSS GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED HE WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND AIRCRAFT GROUNDLOOPED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 GAA17CA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA068), Nov 10, 2016: Maule MX7 (N591SB), Port Aransas, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing with a crosswind.

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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