- Date
- October 9, 2022, 11:44 local (15:44 UTC)
- Place
- Northville, NY · Sacandaga Lake
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N41510Maule MX-7-160
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Nose over/nose down
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20221009018399A
- Case key
- 106088
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot's decision to depart from an area of wet sand, which resulted in a nose over during the attempted takeoff.
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
The pilot reported that, while attempting to depart from a lakeside beach, the tailwheel-equipped airplane encountered an unexpected wind gust during the ground roll. The airplane crossed over a water channel and the main landing gear sank into wet sand. The airplane then nosed-over into the lake, resulting in substantial damage to the wings and tail. The pilot reported that there were no preaccidcent mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41510
- Reported as
- Maule MX-7-160
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 34001C
- Built
- 1999
- Airframe hours
- 1,273.2
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clemente Motor Inc
- Registered owner
- Clemente Motor Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 8, 2022 · 18.5 hours before
- Destination
- ALB · Albany, NY
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system
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
- 66
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 20, 2022
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 5,600 total · 271 in this make and model · 5,450 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- GFL, 26 nm away
- METAR
- KGFL 091553Z AUTO 20010KT 10SM CLR 12/04 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP170 T01220039
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 6, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.0 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.