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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule MX-7-180C · Carrollton, GA · September 27, 2019

Date
September 27, 2019 · 11:07 local
Place
Carrollton, GA
Airport
West Georgia Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N599ZZ
Reported as
Maule MX-7-180C
Reported engine
Lycoming O-360-C1F
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
341 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On Friday, sept. 27th, 2019 at approximately noon local time, privacy data omitted touched down in his Maule MX7, N599ZZ, at West Georgia Regional Airport, kctj. It was a sunny clear day with little to no wind. On touchdown one main tire touched the runway slightly before the other one. The aircraft bounced from side to side. The aircraft was still straight and in the middle of the runway when privacy data omitted pulled back on the throttle. The bouncing became worse and the tail of the aircraft came around and the aircraft slid sideways and came to rest on the grass adjacent to the runway. There were no injuries and damage to the aircraft included the left landing gear departing the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

ON FRIDAY, SEPT. 27TH, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY NOON LOCAL TIME, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOUCHED DOWN IN HIS MAULE MX7, N599ZZ, AT WEST GEORGIA REGIONAL AIRPORT, KCTJ. IT WAS A SUNNY CLEAR DAY WITH LITTLE TO NO WIND. ON TOUCHDOWN ONE MAIN TIRE TOUCHED THE RUNWAY SLIGHTLY BEFORE THE OTHER ONE. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED FROM SIDE TO SIDE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS STILL STRAIGHT AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RUNWAY WHEN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PULLED BACK ON THE THROTTLE. THE BOUNCING BECAME WORSE AND THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME AROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID SIDEWAYS AND CAME TO REST ON THE GRASS ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED THE LEFT LANDING GEAR DEPARTING THE AIRCRAFT.