# Incident 20220525006469I: Maule M-7-235C, Orange, MA, May 25, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2022, 12:10 local time
- Place: Orange, MA
- Airport: Orange Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5700° N, 72.2885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ORANGE MUNI (ORE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5700&lon=-72.2885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N227YZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N227YZ) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,217 total, 679 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/20220525006469I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 25, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1210EST, CIVIL AIRCRAFT N227YZ, A MAUL AIRCRAFT MODEL M-7-235C, SERIAL NUMBER 25078C WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN AFTER LANDING IN THE TURF ADJACENT TO RUNWAY 32 AT ORANGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ORE) IN ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS. ACCORDING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HE DEPARTED SFZ TO ORE FOR THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING HIS AIRCRAFT FOR SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ "I LANDED N227YZ ON THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT AND PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 32. WHEN THE PLANE SLOWED DOWN TO 5-10 MPH I

INITIATED A 90 DEGREE RIGHT HAND TURN PERPENDICULAR TO TAXIWAY A AHEAD. I PROCEEDED TO THE TAXIWAY AND ABOUT 20 -30 YARDS FROM TAXIWAY A I TURNED MORE TO THE RIGHT (APPROXIMATELY 20-30 DEGREES) TO DIRECT THE PLANE TOWARDS THE TIE DOWN AREA. PLANE'S PROPELLER APPROXIMATELY 5-10 SECONDS AFTER TURNING STRUCK THE TAXIWAY A MARKER BOX AND I CONTINUED TOWARD THE TAXIWAY. LIGHT BOX COLLIDED WITH THE LOWER RIGHT SECTION OF THE MAIN FUSELAGE IN FRONT OF THE RIGHT WHEEL STRUT. I CONTINUED FORWARD TO AND PAST TAXIWAY A AND SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. SHORTLY AFTER SHUTTING DOWN PUSHED THE PLANE WITH HELP TO THE TIE DOWN AREA." THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO ALL THREE PROPELLER BLADES, THE LOWER RIGHT ENGINE COWLING AND FUELSAGE BELLY PANEL.THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAXI SIGN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE SOLE OCCUPANT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES THERE WERE NO OTHER PERSONS OR AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS ACCIDENT.

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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