# Accident 20170301001829A: Maule MX-7-180A, Live Oak, CA, March 1, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2017, 15:30 local time
- Place: Live Oak, CA
- Airport: Private Grass Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2808° N, 121.7200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2808&lon=-121.7200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600XX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N600XX-2017-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-180A (registry code 5460186, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX-7-180A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 965 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA168) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170301001829A

## Narrative

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

UPON LANDING AT IT'S HOME BASE GRASS STRIP, N600XX PROP STRUCK THE GROUND AND FLIPPED OVER.

04/05/2017 - SINCE THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS EVALUATED BY THE FAA IIC ON SCENE AND DETERMINED TO BE SUBSTANTIAL, THIS IS BEING RECLASSIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT.  OFFICE MANAGEMENT CONCURS WITH THIS DETERMINATION.

## 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 GAA17CA168](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA168), Mar 1, 2017: Maule MX7 (N600XX), Live Oak, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a stabilized approach and his subsequent incorrect brake application during the landing roll, which resulted in a nose-over.

## Other reports on N600XX (1)

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

- [Accident 19970720019029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970720019029A), Jul 20, 1997: Maule MX7180A (N600XX), Long Beach, CA, Substantial damage. (.4) On July 20, 1997, at 1730 hours pacific daylight time, a Maule MX-7-180A, N600XX, ground looped on landing and collapsed the main landing gear at the Long…

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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