# Accident 20181105021529A: Maule MX-7-180A, Immokalee, FL, November 5, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 5, 2018, 17:00 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Airport: Immokalee Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.4336° N, 81.4006° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.4336&lon=-81.4006&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9225G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX-7-180A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,033 total, 68 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181105021529A

## Narrative

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

CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) PERFORMING FLIGHT REVIEW WITH ANOTHER CFI AT IMMOKALEE REGIONAL AIRPORT (KIMM). THEY WERE DOING TOUCH AND GO'S. ON THE LAST GO AROUND FOR A LANDING THE CFI THAT WAS PERFORMING THE FLIGHT REVIEW TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE A FULL STALL LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AND  THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED OFF THE HARD SURFACE AND INTO THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT, AT THAT POINT THE PILOT (CFI PERFORMING THE FLIGHT REVIEW) DECIDED THAT IT WAS TOO LATE TO SAFELY BRING THE AIRCRAFT TO A FULL STOP AND OPTED TO DO A GO AROUND. AT THAT POINT THE LEFT ELEVATOR STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN AS THE PILOT PERFORMED A GO AROUND AND LANDED SUCCESSFULLY WITH NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGED TO THE LEFT ELEVATOR AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUDDER.

## 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 GAA19CA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA092), Nov 5, 2018: Maule MX7 (N9225G), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and a collision with runway signage during the subsequent attempted…

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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