- Date
- January 30, 2010, 13:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Westmoreland, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N40668Maule M-4-220C
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 28, 2010
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA Nashville FSDO
- FAA report
- 20100130026759A
- Case key
- 75323
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a snow drift.
Findings · 2
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.
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
Upon arrival at his destination, the pilot entered right traffic to runway 19. The runway was covered with snow and snow drifts. He completed the before-landing checks and landed on the runway. During the landing rollout the left main landing gear collided with a snow drift. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, resulting in structural damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot and one passenger exited the airplane unassisted and without injury. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical problems with the airplane.
Factual narrative
The pilot stated he departed Lafayette, Tennessee, flying visual flight rules to a private airstrip in Westmoreland, Tennessee. Upon arrival at Westmoreland, he entered right traffic to runway 19. The runway was covered with snow and snow drifts. He completed the before landing checks and landed on the runway. During landing roll out, he failed to maintain a visual look out and the left main landing gear collided with a snow drift. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted, resulting in structural damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. The pilot and one passenger exited the airplane unassisted and without injury. The pilot stated there were no mechanical problems with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N40668
- Reported as
- Maule M-4-220C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2175C
- Airframe hours
- 1,888
- Engine
- Franklin 6A350C1R, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Carl W. Rose
- Registered owner
- Rose Wfc Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 7, 2009 · 68 hours before
- Departed
- 3M7 · Lafayette, TN
- Destination
- Westmoreland, TN
- Airport
- NONE · Private Strip, runway 19, 1,500 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 7, 2009
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,634 total · 164 in this make and model · 10,226 as pilot in command · 41 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 37 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- BWG, 22 nm away
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 12, 2010, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 428 KB 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.