# Accident 20170111000059A: Maule MX-7-160, Carthage, TN, January 11, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2017, 15:47 local time
- Place: Carthage, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2544° N, 85.9692° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2544&lon=-85.9692&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3156K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3156K-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-160 (registry code 5470203, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-160) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX-7-160
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA17LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170111000059A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT HIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.  THE RUNWAY A GRASS STRIP IN A COW PASTURE, APPROXIMATELY 1100 FEET IN LENGTH AND 75 FEET WIDE WITH 50-70 FEET OF ELEVATION CHANGE FROM BASE TO END WITH A LANDING DIRECTION OF 350 DEGREES.  EXACT WIND CONDITIONS ON SITE WERE NOT AVAILABLE BUT THE STRIP DID HAVE A WIND SOCK.  EMERGENCY SERVICES ON THE GROUND STATED THE WIND WAS STRONG AND GUSTING OUT OF THE SOUTH, WITH BNA REPORTING THE WINDS BEING 19016G23KT AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT.  WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, WE BELIEVE, THE PILOT REALIZED HIS LANDING SPEED WAS TO HIGH, POSSIBLY DUE TO THE WINDS, AFTER HE WAS COMMITTED TO LAND.  DUE TO OBSTACLES AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY HE APPLIED POWER AND BANKED LEFT ATTEMPTING A GO AROUND.  PROBABLY DUE TO THE LOW AIRSPEED AND THE FLAPS BEING SET TO FULL (POSITION 4), THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE STALLED.  THE LEFT WING TIP IMPACTED THE GROUND FIRST, APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND 200 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY WITH THE AIRCRAFT LOOPING AROUND THE WING UNTIL THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE.  THE CRASH SITE WAS APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND 230 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, 30 FEET AWAY FROM WHERE THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 ERA17LA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA17LA083), Jan 11, 2017: Maule MX7 (N3156K), Carthage, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for gusting tailwind conditions, which resulted in a loss of airplane control during the landing flare.

## Other reports on N3156K (3)

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

- [Incident 20090605009999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090605009999I), Jun 5, 2009: Maule MX7160 (N3156K), Everglades, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated he failed to control aircraft during landing phase due to crosswind. He stated that the aircraft veered off the runway and impacted the…
- [Incident 19970807021329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970807021329I), Aug 7, 1997: Maule MX7160 (N3156K), Wilmington, NC, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot stated that he performed a normal 3 point landing and that during the landing rollout, he felt the left main "sag". He stated he applied…
- [Accident 19961222039689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961222039689A), Dec 22, 1996: Maule MX7160 (N3156K), Wilmington, NC, Substantial damage. Aircraft ground looped on landing and the right main landing gear collapsed.

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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