- Date
- February 9, 1992, 15:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Durango, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5637WMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920209004069A
- Case key
- 18195
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control. A factor was: crosswind.
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.
Analysis
The pilot said the windsock indicated winds to be from 270 degrees at 8 to 10 knots. As he flared for landing on runway 19, the airplane began drifting left. The pilot applied full power to go around and encountered a strong gust of wind that raised the right wing. The airplane struck trees to the east of the runway. The pilot surmised the wind funneled through a gap in the hills, west of the airport and directly opposite the point where he lost control.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5637W
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7313C
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Michael J. Schultz
- Registered owner
- Michael J. Schultz
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1991 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- GUP · Gallup, NM
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SCO0 · Animas Air Park, runway 19, 5,000 × 50 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
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 157 total · 77 in this make and model · 62 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.