# Accident 20210406004929A: Maule MT-7-235, Jewett, TX, April 6, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 2021, 16:00 local time
- Place: Jewett, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3626° N, 96.1455° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jewett, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3626&lon=-96.1455&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811SG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N811SG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MT-7-235 (registry code 5460175, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mt-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-W1A5 (registry code 41660, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-w1a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MT-7-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-W1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 154 total, 154 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210406004929A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATEMENT:

FULL FLIGHT WAS VFR NO WEATHER ISSUES.

DEPARTED COLORADO SPRING FROM KFLY AT ABOUT 7:40AM (MOUNTAIN TIME) TO KPUB TO PICK UP PASSENGER AT ABOUT 8:30AM (MOUNTAIN TIME). DEPARTED KPUB ABOUT 9AM (MOUNTAIN TIME) AND NEXT DESTINATION WAS KRPH FOR FUEL AND BATHROOM BREAK. ARRIVED AT KRPH AT ABOUT 2PM (CENTRAL TIME) AND DEPARTED ABOUT 2:30PM (CENTRAL TIME) TO FINAL DESTINATION. ARRIVED AT FINAL DESTINATION ABOUT 4PM (CENTRAL TIME) AND PROCEEDED TO DO SEVERAL PASSES ON A PRIVATE GRASS FIELD (OFF AIRPORT) TO ASSESS LANDING SAFELY. AFTER MY THIRD PASS I HAD DECIDED ON WHAT SEEM TO BE VERY STABLE AND RELATIVELY FLAT SURFACE. I COMMITTED TO THE LANDING AND AND SETUP FOR A SLOW AND STABLE STOL APPROACH, AT TOUCHDOWN AIR SPEED WAS ABOUT 30-35MPH AND TOUCHED DOWN, JUST SECONDS AFTER TOUCHDOWN WE HIT SOMETHING HARD THAT LAUNCHED AS BACK INTO THE AIR ABOUT 5-10 FEET AND ABRUPTLY HIT NOSE FIRST AND ROLLED FORWARD ENDING UPSIDE DOWN. WE SAFELY EXITED THE PLANE AND GOT CLEAR. AFTER SETTLING DOWN FOR A FEW MINUTES AND MAKING SURE PASSENGER AND MYSELF WERE SAFE. I REALIZED THAT WE HAD HIT A BERM THAT WAS COVERED IN GRASS AND COULD NOT SEE THE CONTOUR FROM THE AIR. I NEVER SAW THE BERM EVEN AT TOUCHDOWN OR ROLL-OUT. THE BERM COLLAPSED THE FRONT LANDING GEAR AND CAUSED US TO NOSE INTO THE GROUND AND FLIP.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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