- Date
- February 24, 1988, 14:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Lewisburg, WV
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5662HMaule MX7-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880224003429A
- Case key
- 11395
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Nose over
Analysis
The plt started landing flare on rwy 22 when he encountered wind gusts. The acft swung right and the left wing struck the rwy. The acft cartwheeled and came to a stop inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5662H
- Reported as
- Maule MX7-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11012C
- Airframe hours
- 342
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Douglas Huff
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 4, 1987 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- I31 · Danville, WV
- Destination
- LWB · Lewisburg, WV
- Airport
- LWB · Greenbrier Valley, runway 22, 7,004 × 150 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,364 total · 342 in this make and model · 3,625 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LWB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.