# Incident 20161206018939I: Maule MT-7-235, Shreveport, LA, December 6, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 2016, 13:00 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5252° N, 93.7502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shreveport, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5252&lon=-93.7502&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5515L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5515L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MT-7-235 (registry code 5460175, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mt-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MT-7-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 230 total, 73 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161206018939I

## Narrative

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

OBTAINED FROM EMAIL VIA PILOT: ON DEC. 6 AN INCIDENT TOOK PLACE NEAR KDTN INVOLVING ME.  AS I APPROACHED ZOROD ON THE RNAV 14 INTO KDTN. MY AUTOPILOT WAS ENGAGED AND ATTEMPTED TO TURN ME TO THE LEFT. I NEEDED TO TURN RIGHT FOR THE PARALLEL INTO THE PROCEDURE TURN. I NOTICED THE LEFT TURN ON MY ASPEN PFD AT WHICH POINT I STARTED A TURN TO RIGHT.  AT THIS TIME MY PFD READ IN RED LETTERS ACROSS CROSSCHECK ATTITUDE  AT WHICH POINT I REALIZED THE AUTOPILOT WAS PULLING TO THE LEFT SO I DISENGAGED AUTOPILOT LOOKED AT MY BACKUP GAUGE AND LOOKED BACK AT PFD AND HEARD ENGINE INCREASING IN RPM. I PULLED UP ONLY TO HEAR IT GET WORSE. THIS IS WHEN I REALIZED I WAS IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. I ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE ATTITUDE A COUPLE TIMES UNTIL I REGAINED CONTROL. AT THIS TIME I REALIZED MY DASH WAS BLACK. I REACHED OVER AND CYCLED MY POWER SWITCH AT WHICH TIME ATC WAS CALLING ME. THEY WERE ABLE TO ASSIST ME INTO KSHV FOR A LANDING.

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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