# NTSB DFW06CA061: Maule M-7-260C, N347JM, Lakeview, AR, January 29, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: January 29, 2006, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Lakeview, AR
- Coordinates: 36.342498, -92.554168
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3425&lon=-92.5542&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 2006
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Little Rock, Arkansas
- NTSB case key (mKey): 63163
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DFW06CA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63163/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA061

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to compensate for existing wind conditions during the landing roll.  Contributing factors were the prevailing crosswind, and wet terrain.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s)

## Analysis

The 4,227-hour private pilot reported in a written statement that during the landing-roll on runway 24 (a 3,200-feet long by 55-feet wide turf runway) the amphibian single-engine airplane drifted to the left due to a right crosswind.  He then reported that the airplane's castering nose wheels, the slope at the edge of the runway, and the wet grass prevented him from correcting the drift.  Subsequently, the airplane departed the left side of the runway and the left wing impacted a tree and separated from the fuselage. The pilot reported having accumulated a total of 43 flight hours in the accident make and model.  An automated surface observing system located approximately 4 nautical miles east of the airport reported wind from 270 at 9 knots.

## Factual narrative

The 4,227-hour private pilot reported in a written statement that during the landing-roll on runway 24 (a 3,200-feet long by 55-feet wide turf runway) the amphibian single-engine airplane drifted to the left due to a right crosswind.  He then reported that the airplane's castering nose wheels, the slope at the edge of the runway, and the wet grass prevented him from correcting the drift.  Subsequently, the airplane departed the left side of the runway and the left wing impacted a tree and separated from the fuselage. The pilot reported having accumulated a total of 43 flight hours in the accident make and model.  An automated surface observing system located approximately 4 nautical miles east of the airport reported wind from 270 at 9 knots.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N347JM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N347JM-2013-10-30), registration cancelled 2013-10-30, S/N 30011C (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Maule M-7-260C
- Registry model: [Maule M-7-260C](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-260c) (registry code 5470112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3011C
- Engines: Lycoming IO-540-V4A5 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: John Gostomski
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 2006
- Departed: KBPK, Mountain Home, AR
- Destination: 3M0, Lakeview, AR
- Airport: 3M0, Gastons Airport, runway 24, 3,200 × 55 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 61; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review September 1, 2005; seat: left; flight hours: 4,227 total, 43 in this make and model, 4,227 as pilot in command, 61 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 54 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 29.81 inHg
- Observed at: KBPK, 4 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20060129000539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060129000539A), Jan 29, 2006: Maule M7260C, Lakeview, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 29, 2006, at approximately 1230 CST, Maule 7, N347JM experienced substantial damage during landing rollout at gaston's private turf strip,…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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