- Date
- March 18, 2007, 12:15 local (16:15 UTC)
- Place
- Moultrie, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N56537Maule M-5 235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Atlanta FSDO-11
- Case key
- 65526
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing roll.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot he was on a short flight to a private airstrip. During the approach to landing he announced his position, decreased engine power to idle, and extended full wing flaps. During landing roll out the airplane drifted to the left. The left wing collided with a row of trees and the airplane spun around 90 degrees. The pilot shut off the fuel, all electrical power, and exited the airplane. Examination by an FAA inspector revealed the left wing was buckled. The pilot did not report any mechanical or flight control anomalies prior to the accident.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot he was on a short flight to a private airstrip in Moultrie, Georgia. During the approach to landing he announced his position, decreased engine power to idle, and extended full wing flaps. During landing roll out the airplane drifted to the left. The left wing collided with a row of trees and the airplane spun around 90 degrees. The pilot shut off the fuel, all electrical power, and exited the airplane. Examination by an FAA inspector revealed the left wing was buckled. The pilot did not report any mechanical or flight control anomalies prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56537
- Reported as
- Maule M-5 235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7467C
- Airframe hours
- 941
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Stephen G. Preas
- Registered owner
- Stephen G. Preas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 2006 · 60.4 hours before
- Departed
- 2GA9 · Snellville, GA
- Destination
- Private strip, GA
- Airport
- NONE · Private strip, runway 30, 4,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- 59
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- June 1, 2006
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,147 total · 633 in this make and model · 1,147 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.28 inHg
- Observed at
- KMGR, 10 nm away