- Date
- March 1, 1987, 09:20 local (15:20 UTC)
- Place
- Dothan, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9257EMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870301003719A
- Case key
- 7382
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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.
Nose over
Brakes(normal) - excessiveCause
Analysis
The plt reported that the acft nosed over when he applied the brakes during ldg roll-out. He estimated his groundspeed to be about 15-20 mph at the time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9257E
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7150C
- Airframe hours
- 557
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David A. Brackin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 23, 1986 · 34 hours before
- Departed
- 37J · Dothan, AL
- Airport
- runway 36, 1,300 × ft, grass/turf
N9257ERegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Maule M-5-235CAirframe modelMaule M-5-235CEngine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,983 total · 127 in this make and model · 1,886 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DHN, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.