- Date
- May 10, 2023, 13:10 local (21:10 UTC)
- Place
- Soldotna, AK · On airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30AGMaule M-7-235
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20230510009469A
- Case key
- 162754
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll in gusting crosswind conditions.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings.
Analysis
The pilot was conducting touch-and-go landings in a tailwheel-equipped airplane during gusting crosswind conditions. The pilot reported that after landing, a gust of wind turned the airplane into the wind. When the pilot corrected for the turn, another gust of wind lifted the left wing and the airplane nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and rudder. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30AG
- Reported as
- Maule M-7-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4131C
- Built
- 1994
- Airframe hours
- 3,397
- Engine
- Lycoming L-2A740-40A O-540-B4B5, 320 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 2023 · 2 hours before
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- SXQ · Soldotna Airport, runway 7, 2,000 × 80 ft, gravel
- Equipment
- ADS-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 82
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 19, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 12,000 total · 9,000 in this make and model · 12,000 as pilot in command · 0 in the last 90 days · 0 in the last 30 days · 0.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 23 knots, gusting 32
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.63 inHg
- Turbulence
- Moderate
- Observed at
- PAEN, 9 nm away
- METAR
- PAEN 102153Z 36023G32KT 10SM BKN070 09/01 A2963 RMK AO2 PK WND 36032/2146 SLP037 T00890011
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.