# Incident 20201106021409I: Maule M-7-235C, Heber, UT, November 6, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2020, 17:30 local time
- Place: Heber, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5414° N, 111.3879° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Heber, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5414&lon=-111.3879&mi=10
- Aircraft: N969EZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N969EZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-7-235C (registry code 5460110, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-7-235C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 450 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201106021409I

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 6, 2020, THE PILOT OBTAINED A WEATHER REPORT PRIOR TO DEPARTURE ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO THE HEBER, UTAH AIRPORT (HCR).  HIS WEATHER BRIEFING INDICATED THE WINDS WOULD BE INCREASING APPROXIMATELY TWO HOURS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL.  HOWEVER, THE INCREASED WINDS ARRIVED EARLIER THAN EXPECTED.

THE FINAL LEG OF HIS TRIP TOOK HIM THROUGH A MOUNTAIN VALLEY, WHERE THE WINDS OVER THE MOUNTAIN RESULTED IN SEVERE TURBULENCE.  THE AIRPORT IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THREE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS, AND THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 25 KNOTS GUSTING TO 33 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF LANDING.  THE PILOT DID NOT WANT TO ENCOUNTER SEVERE WINDS IN ANOTHER MOUNTAIN VALLEY TO PROCEED TO ANOTHER AIRPORT.  THE PILOT LANDED AS CLOSELY AS HE COULD INTO THE WIND.  ON THE LANDING ROLL, THE PILOT MOMENTARILY LOST CONTROL RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, SCUFFING THE LEFT WING TIP AND BREAKING THE WING TIP LIGHTS.

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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