# Incident 20240314003669I: Maule M-7-260C, Wallace, NC, March 14, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2024, 13:19 local time
- Place: Wallace, NC
- Airport: Henderson Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7179° N, 78.0036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Henderson Field (ACZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7179&lon=-78.0036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4274K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4274K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-7-260C (registry code 5470112, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-260c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-7-260C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,250 total, 600 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240314003669I

## Narrative

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

A FLOAT PLANE APPROACHING ILM REPORTED LANDING GEAR ISSUES AND DIVERTED TO ACZ. ILM TOWER NOTIFIED ACZ OF INBOUND AIRCRAFT GEAR ISSUES. ACZ MANAGER NOTIFIED EMERGENCY SERVICES. PASSENGER TRIED TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR WHICH BLEW SEAL IN HYDRAULIC PUMP AND DEPLEATED SYSTEM. PILOT OVERFLEW ACZ TO GET VISUAL VERIFICATION THAT RIGHT GEAR DID NOT DEPLOY. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON RWY 9 JUST PAST NUMBER WITH RIGHT PONTOON AFT GEAR RETRACTED. AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO RIGHT AND CAME TO REST ON RUNWAY JUST BEFORE 1000' MARKER. AIRCRAFT EVACUATED WITH NO INJURIES. AIRCRAFT JACKED AND AFT GEAR MANUALLY EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT TAXIED TO RAMP. 03/28/2024 - THE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC AT ACZ REPLACED THREE HYDRAULIC LINES AT A DISTRIBUTION BLOCK NEAR THE HAND PUMP, ONE OF THE LINES FAILED AT THE B-NUT/FLAIR JOINT WHICH CAUSED THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM TO FAIL AND DRAIN OUT. AFTER THREE NEW LINES WERE FABRICATED AND INSTALLED THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WAS BLEED, WHILE CHECKING THE SYSTEM, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE RIGHT FRONT GEAR ACTUATOR WAS BYPASSING INTERNALLY. THEY DISMANTLED THE ACTUATOR AND REPLACED THE SEALS. THEY JUST FINISHED MARCH 2024. THEY HAVEN'T STARTED THE REPAIRS ON THE RIGHT PONTOON YET. SO, ITS GOING TO BE A WHILE BEFORE IT IS RETURNED TO SERVICE. THEY SHOULD BE SENDING A MAINTENANCE LOG ENTRY FOR THE HYDRAULIC REPAIRS. 04/16/2024 THIS AIRCRAFT EVENT WAS INVESTIGATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAA ORDER 8020.11D AND DOES NOT MEET THE CRITERIA OF AN AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AND WILL BE CLASSIFIED AS AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N4274K (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20030318002569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030318002569I), Mar 18, 2003: Maule M7260C (N4274K), Sandpoint, ID, Minor damage. (-23) Mr. Simmonds landed N4274K, an amphibious maul aircraft on runway 01 at the sand point, Idaho (szt) airport with the gear up. There was limited erosion…

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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