# NTSB ERA25LA296: Maule MX-7-180A, N1052T, Muskeget Island, MA, August 10, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 10, 2025, 10:56 local (14:56 UTC) - Place: Muskeget Island, MA - Coordinates: 41.334937, -70.301738 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3349&lon=-70.3017&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 20, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200768 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA296 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200768/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200768 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA296 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to obtain a proper touchdown point while attempting to land on a very short and rough turf runway, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with vegetation and terrain. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Maule MX-7-180A, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=5460186), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Maule MX-7-180A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=5460186), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Maule MX-7-180A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=5460186), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490); cases with it: [Maule MX-7-180A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=5460186), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) - [Landing-aborted after touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Maule MX-7-180A, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=5460186), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that he was attempting to land on a 750-ft-long, rough turf airstrip. He added that he had not landed at that airstrip in about 3 years. The pilot rejected the first landing attempt as the airplane touched down too long. During the second approach, the airplane touched down slightly beyond the intended touchdown point. The pilot applied light braking at first, but two the airplane bounced twice after cresting two small humps in the runway. The pilot again attempted to reject the landing and added full power to clear 8-ft reeds at the end of the runway; however, the propeller contacted the reeds, and the airplane began to decelerate. As the airplane decelerated, it nosed over and came to rest inverted beyond the end of the runway, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing and rudder. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1052T](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1052T), registered now, S/N 20054C, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: MAULE MX-7-180A - Registry model: [Maule MX-7-180A](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-180a) (registry code 5460186) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O-360-C4F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c4f) (registry code 42290, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 20054C - Year built: 1998 - Airframe hours: 2493 - Engines: Lycoming O-360 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 4, 2025 - Departed: ACK, Nantucket, MA - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: MA55, Muskeget Island Airport, runway 31, 750 × 45 ft, grass/turf - Equipment: Stall warning system, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 59; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed; last flight review October 14, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,972 total, 236 in this make and model, 1,730 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 200° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 57 °F - Altimeter: 30.27 inHg - Observed at: ACK, 12 nm away - METAR: KACK 101453Z 20006KT 10SM CLR 22/14 A3027 RMK AO2 SLP248 T02220144 51007 ## 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 20250810010939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250810010939A), Aug 10, 2025: Maule MX-7-180A, Muskeget Island, MA, Substantial damage. At approximately 1056 EST the pilot attempted to land the aircraft on MA55. On first attempt the pilot stated that there were lumps or runts in the grass strip… ## Other investigations on N1052T (1) 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. - [NTSB GAA20CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA041), Oct 21, 2019: Maule MX7 (N1052T), Nantucket, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing on a grass runway in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in impact with a large bush. ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 20, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200768. 2.6 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19181607&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for the record - FAA inspector (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 64 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19181056&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MFR-Rel.pdf - Weather report (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 64 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19181223&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Metars-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 4, PDF, 4 pages, 3 photos, 910 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19181301&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs%20-Rel.pdf 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.