- Date
- April 11, 1984, 09:03 local (15:03 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N71MSMaule M-6-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840411016309A
- Case key
- 21310
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Shortly after touchdown on a x-wind landing, the tailwheel equipped acft began to weathervaned to the left into the wind. The plt lost directional control & the acft ground looped to the left. The right gear collapsed & the right wing dragged on the ground. The plt reported that he had about 3500 hrs in a Piper PA-18, a tailwheel equipped acft. However, he had just recently purchased the Maule M-6-235 & had only 20 hrs total time in that acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N71MS
- Reported as
- Maule M-6-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7452C
- Airframe hours
- 35
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial observation · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Metroscan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- NEW · Lakefront, runway 18, 5,800 × 150 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
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- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 20 in this make and model · 4,950 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEW
FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N71MS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.