- Date
- September 10, 2004, 11:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Gainesville, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N270JMMaule M4-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Orlando FSDO 15
- FAA report
- 20040910025699A
- Case key
- 60217
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Probable cause
The pilot-rated passenger's inadvertent interference with the flight controls during landing, which resulted in a loss of control and the airplane nosed over.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was performing takeoffs and landings that morning at Gainesville Regional Airport. The pilot was in the left seat and the pilot-rated passenger was following along on the controls from the right seat. The airplane made a normal approach to land on runway 06. According to the pilot, during the landing rollout the pilot-rated passenger inadvertently applied both wheel brakes and the airplane nosed over. The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. Examination of the wreckage revealed damage to the propeller, engine mounts, cowling, right wing, left wing tip, vertical fin, rudder and windshield.
Factual narrative
On September 10, 2004 at 1110 eastern daylight time, a Maule M4-210C, N270JM, registered to and operated by a private pilot, flipped over on its back during landing roll on runway 06 at Gainesville Regional Airport in Gainesville, Florida. The personal flight operated under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was substantially damaged. The private pilot and certified flight instructor/commercial pilot-rated passenger were not injured. The flight originated from the Gainesville Regional Airport, Gainesville, Florida on September 10, 2004 at 1030.
The pilot was performing takeoffs and landings that morning at Gainesville Regional Airport. The pilot was in the left seat and the pilot-rated passenger was following along on the controls from the right seat. The airplane made a normal approach to land on runway 06. According to the pilot, during landing rollout the pilot-rated passenger inadvertently applied both wheel brakes and the airplane nosed over.
The pilot did not report any mechanical problems with the airplane prior to the accident. Examination of the wreckage revealed damage to the propeller, engine mounts, cowling, right wing, left wing tip, vertical fin, rudder and windshield.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N270JM
- Reported as
- Maule M4-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1091C
- Airframe hours
- 1,765
- Engine
- Continental IO-360 D33A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Samuel R. Frasier
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 2003 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- KGNV · Gainesville, FL
- Destination
- KGNV · Gainesville, FL
- Airport
- KGNV · Gainesville Regional Airport, runway 06, 4,158 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- February 7, 2002
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 661 total · 85 in this make and model · 661 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.07 inHg
- Observed at
- KGNV
FAA reports on this event · 1
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