CEN11LA451

NTSB accident investigation · Maule MXT-7-180A · New Carlisle, OH · July 5, 2011

Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal report
Date
July 5, 2011, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
Place
New Carlisle, OH
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N800NHMaule MXT-7-180A
Defining event
Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Completed · report November 3, 2011
Report
Approved by Office Director
NTSB office
Central Region
Parties
FAA-CIN-FSDO
FAA report
20110705018399A
Case key
80999

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Probable cause

The pilot's failure to conduct a go-around once he recognized he was going to land long on the runway.

Findings · 1

NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.

Action: lack of actionPersonnel issues › Action/decision · PilotMaule MXT-7-180A: 1 caseAll aircraft: 792 casesProbable cause

Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Analysis

The student pilot reported that he landed fast and long, touching down about halfway down the 2,000-foot-long grass runway. The airplane's brakes were ineffective on the dew-covered grass, so the pilot initiated a go-around. The landing gear contacted a three-foot-high wire fence at the end of the runway. The airplane continued to travel about another 40 feet, at which time the right horizontal stabilizer and right main gear struck a fence post before the airplane impacted the ground. The pilot reported there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane prior to the accident.

Factual narrative

On July 5, 2011, at 0800 eastern daylight time, a Maule MXT-7-180A, N800NH, operated by a student pilot, collided with a fence while performing an aborted landing at the Barnhardt Memorial Airport (3OH0), New Carlisle, Ohio. The pilot was not injured and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer and fuselage. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight was being operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The last departure for the airplane was from the Moraine Airpark (I73), Dayton, Ohio. The pilot reported he landed fast and long, touching down about half way down the 2,000 foot long grass runway. The airplane's brakes were ineffective on the dew covered grass, so the pilot initiated an aborted landing. The landing gear contacted a three foot high wire fence at the end of the runway. The airplane continued to travel about 40 feet and the right horizontal stabilizer and right main gear contacted a fence post. The airplane then impacted the terrain. The pilot reported there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane prior to the accident.

Aircraft

Registration
N800NH
Reported as
Maule MXT-7-180A
Category
Airplane
Serial number
21040C
Airframe hours
720
Engine
Lycoming O-360-C4F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Howard Dale K
Registered owner
Howard Dale K
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Last inspection
Annual · March 15, 2011
Departed
I73 · Dayton, OH
Destination
Carlisle, OH
Airport
3OH0 · Barnhart Memorial Airport, runway 28, 2,000 × 150 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
Student pilot
Age
55
Injuries
None
Certificate
Student
Medical
Class 3, With waivers/limitations
Seat
Left
Flight hours
113 total · 74 in this make and model · 57 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
100° at 4 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
75 °F, dew point 64 °F
Altimeter
30.04 inHg
Observed at
DAY, 10 nm away

Docket · 2

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 30, 2011, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 7.5 MB in all.

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.