- Date
- June 5, 1986, 15:35 local (20:35 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N232TMaule M7-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860605022859A
- Case key
- 22036
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentFactor
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Analysis
The plt lost directional control of the acft during the landing roll when he failed to compensate adequately for the x-wind resulting in a ground loop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N232T
- Reported as
- Maule M7-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10021C
- Airframe hours
- 75
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W/A, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John A. Mccarthy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1986 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- DHN · Dothan, AL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- NEW · New Orleans Lakefront, runway 18L, 3,700 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 63
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,500 total · 75 in this make and model · 30 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- NEW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.