- Date
- July 24, 1990, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- East Tawas, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6VDMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900724028279A
- Case key
- 14721
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Probable cause
The private pilot's failure to maintain adequate control of the aircraft after touchdown.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot reported that he experienced some wind shear during the final approach to landing. He stated that shortly after touchdown, a gust of wind caught the airplane, he lost control of the aircraft and it ground looped. The pilot had 170 hours total flight experience, including 131 hours in the accident make and model aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6VD
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A73546
- Airframe hours
- 150
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Beattie, Michael J.
- Registered owner
- Wholistic Helpers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1989 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- FNT · Flint, MI
- Airport
- 6D9, runway 8, 4,800 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 131 in this make and model · 103 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6VD · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.