20161229019489I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-7-235C · San Antonio, TX · December 29, 2016

Date
December 29, 2016 · 18:17 local
Place
San Antonio, TX
Airport
Stinson
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N969AW
Reported as
Maule M-7-235C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,580 total1 in this make and model127 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.

Pilot performed fourteen touch and go landings at llano airport (kaqo), llano, TX. Pilot mismanaged fuel selector and induced right wing heavy condition. Flew to Stinson Airport (kssf), San Antonio, TX, and attempted landing with heavy crosswinds gusting to 20 knots. Right wing tip contacted runway surface causing minor wing tip damage and aircraft veered to right. Aircraft yawed to the left during roll out and right main landing gear tire deflated. Approximately ten gallons of fuel in left wing and right wing and aux tanks were 90% full. No injury to pilot and no post crash fire.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT PERFORMED FOURTEEN TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT LLANO AIRPORT (KAQO), LLANO, TX. PILOT MISMANAGED FUEL SELECTOR AND INDUCED RIGHT WING HEAVY CONDITION. FLEW TO STINSON AIRPORT (KSSF), SAN ANTONIO, TX, AND ATTEMPTED LANDING WITH HEAVY CROSSWINDS GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED RUNWAY SURFACE CAUSING MINOR WING TIP DAMAGE AND AIRCRAFT VEERED TO RIGHT. AIRCRAFT YAWED TO THE LEFT DURING ROLL OUT AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE DEFLATED. APPROXIMATELY TEN GALLONS OF FUEL IN LEFT WING AND RIGHT WING AND AUX TANKS WERE 90% FULL. NO INJURY TO PILOT AND NO POST CRASH FIRE.

Other reports on N969AW · 1

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