# Accident 20180824012259A: Maule MX-7-180A, Post Mills, VT, August 24, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2018, 16:15 local time
- Place: Post Mills, VT
- Airport: Post Mills
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8836° N, 72.2519° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8836&lon=-72.2519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N524TR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N524TR-2019-12-16) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 223 total, 57 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA510](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA510) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180824012259A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KPOU TO (2B9) POST MILLS, VT. THE PILOT STATED THAT UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND WENT OFF THE RUNWAY WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT HITTING A TREE WITH THE LEFT WING.

## 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 GAA18CA510](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA510), Aug 24, 2018: Maule MX7 (N524TR), Post Mills, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and subsequent impact with trees.

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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