20161231023649A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maule M-7-260 · Palouse, WA · December 31, 2016

Date
December 31, 2016 · 11:00 local
Place
Palouse, WA
Airport
Schoepflin
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N260BD
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA17CA106
Reported as
Maule M-7-260
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-540 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
317 total74 in this make and model4 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.

Aircraft was being back taxied to runway 4 for takeoff. Pilot encountered ice and packed snow on runway and lost control of aircraft. Aircraft hit the snow berm beside the runway and flipped onto its back.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS BEING BACK TAXIED TO RUNWAY 4 FOR TAKEOFF. PILOT ENCOUNTERED ICE AND PACKED SNOW ON RUNWAY AND LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT HIT THE SNOW BERM BESIDE THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED ONTO ITS BACK.

NTSB investigation

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