# Accident 20250810010939A: Maule MX-7-180A, Muskeget Island, MA, August 10, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2025, 10:56 local time
- Place: Muskeget Island, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3349° N, 70.3017° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3349&lon=-70.3017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1052T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1052T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-180A (registry code 5460186, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-360-C4F (registry code 42290, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c4f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX-7-180A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-360-C4F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,972 total, 236 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA296) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250810010939A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1056 EST THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON MA55. ON FIRST ATTEMPT THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WERE LUMPS OR RUNTS IN THE GRASS STRIP AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS BOUNCED BACK INT THE AIR. THE PILOT ABORTED THE FIRST ATTEMPT AND WENT AROUND. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT THE PILOT SAID THEY LANDED A BIT LONG AND AGAIN ENCOUNTERED THE RUTS IN THE GRASS STRIP ALSO RESULTING IN BEING BOUNCED UP AGAIN. PILOT STATED THAT SINCE THEY HAD SUCCESSFULLY DONE ONE GO AROUND, THEY WOULD ATTEMPT IT AGAIN. AIRCRAFT STRUCK A SMALL CEDAR TREE/BUSH AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AT ROUGHLY 6-8 FEET ALTITUDE. PILOT BELIEVED IT WAS PRIMARILY A PROP STRIKE. THEY STATED THE STRIKE RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF AIR SPEED WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO DROP TO THE GROUND. THIS RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPING. NO INJURIES REPORTED. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 ERA25LA296](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA296), Aug 10, 2025: Maule MX-7-180A (N1052T), Muskeget Island, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to obtain a proper touchdown point while attempting to land on a very short and rough turf runway, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with vegetation and terrain.

## Other reports on N1052T (1)

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

- [Accident 20191020019469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191020019469A), Oct 20, 2019: Maule MX-7-180A (N1052T), Muskeget Island, MA, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed kack towards MA55. The purpose of the flight was to evaluate the condition of the airstrip at MA55. Pilot made 3 passes and attempted landing…

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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