# Accident 20240623006789A: Maule MXT-7-180, Great Falls, MT, June 23, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 2024, 07:00 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Heller Farm
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.0000° N, 109.0000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0000&lon=-109.0000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5519C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5519C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MXT-7-180 (registry code 5470206, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MXT-7-180
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 63 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR24LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240623006789A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON AN GRASS AIRSTRIP.  ON LANDING AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND GO AIRBORNE AGAIN.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER FROM THE BOUNCE AND BOUNCED A SECOND TIME AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND BECAME INVERTED

## 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 WPR24LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA204), Jun 23, 2024: Maule MXT-7-180 (N5519C), Winifred, MT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent excessive application of brakes, 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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