- Date
- June 23, 1991, 15:32 local (20:32 UTC)
- Place
- Mobile, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9217TMaule MXT-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910623023179A
- Case key
- 8424
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly compensate for wind conditions. A factor to this accident was the gusting winds.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
Just prior to touchdown a gust of wind picked up the left wing and the pilot lost control of the airplane. The airplane veered off the right side of the runway, cartwheeled when the nose wheel dug into the dirt, and came to rest in an upright attitude. No mechanical problems were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9217T
- Reported as
- Maule MXT-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 14020-2
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-CIF, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mc Daniel, William Y.
- Registered owner
- Mc Daniel, William Y.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1991 · 15 hours before
- Airport
- BFM · Downtown Brookley, runway 32, 9,000 × 75 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 891 total · 12 in this make and model · 891 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFM, 15 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.