# Accident 20201112015619A: Maule MX-7-180AC, Moab, UT, November 12, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2020, 08:00 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1988° N, 109.7063° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1988&lon=-109.7063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N721P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N721P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-180AC (registry code 5460190, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-180ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360 series (registry code 41575, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX-7-180AC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 468 total, 262 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA051) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20201112015619A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED AN OFF FIELD TAKE-OFF IN VERY UNEVEN SURFACE. PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES DURING ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF AND PROP HIT THE GROUND IN SEVERAL PLACES BEFORE AIRCRAFT NOSED IN TO A RISE AND FLIPPED OVER ONTO ITS TOP. PASSENGER HAD MINOR INJURY. PILOT HAD NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 WPR21LA051](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA051), Nov 12, 2020: Maule MX7 (N721P), Moab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff from an unimproved airstrip, which resulted in a nose-over.

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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