# Accident 20170530004789A: Maule MX-7-180C, Payette, ID, May 30, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 2017, 09:29 local time
- Place: Payette, ID
- Airport: Payette Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0944° N, 116.9036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0944&lon=-116.9036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N789JR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N789JR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-180C (registry code 5460189, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX-7-180C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 110 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA309) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170530004789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 13 AT PAYETTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (S75).

UPON TOUCHDOWN, PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY CENTERLINE.

AIRCRAFT CONTINUED VEERING TO THE RIGHT WITH THE LEFT MAIN LEAVING A TIRE MARK ON THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 268 FEET.  THE LEFT WING TIP ALSO SCRAPPED THE RUNWAY IN TWO LOCATIONS.

AIRCRAFT VEERED AN ADDITIONAL 145 FEET TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY IN THE DIRT/GRAVEL AREA BETWEEN THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY.

THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND, THEN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER ON ITS BACK.

## 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 GAA17CA309](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA309), May 30, 2017: Maule MX7 (N789JR), Payette, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional during the landing.

## Other reports on N789JR (1)

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

- [Incident 20160812013049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160812013049I), Aug 12, 2016: Maule MX-7-180C (N789JR), Santee, CA, No damage. On landing rollout on runway 27L the pilot momentarily lost control of the aircraft and veered to the left, departing the runway and entering the median. The…

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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