# NTSB GAA16CA433: Maule MXT7, N1665B, Quitman, AR, August 11, 2016

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: August 11, 2016, 08:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Quitman, AR
- Coordinates: 35.502777, -92.198059 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5028&lon=-92.1981&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 5, 2016
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 93847
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA16CA433
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/93847/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=93847
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA433

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and a nose over. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's limited forward visibility due to sun glare.

## 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 MXT-7-180A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=5460187), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: descent rate](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Maule MXT-7-180A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037/cases.md?model=5460187), [All aircraft, 242 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062037/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: pitch control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Maule MXT-7-180A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md?model=5460187), [All aircraft, 526 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062022/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Maule MXT-7-180A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=5460187), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Maule MXT-7-180A, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=5460187), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Maule MXT-7-180A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=5460187), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Maule MXT-7-180A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=5460187), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during touchdown the airplane bounced and then landed in a flat attitude. The pilot further reported that the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane skidded down the runway and then nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to both wing struts and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that during touchdown the airplane bounced and then landed in a flat attitude. The pilot further reported that the nose landing gear collapsed and the airplane skidded down the runway and then nosed over, which resulted in substantial damage to both wing struts and empennage. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1665B](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1665B-2019-09-20), registration cancelled 2019-09-20, S/N 21029C, built 1997 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MXT7 (180A)
- Registry model: [Maule MXT-7-180A](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-180a) (registry code 5460187) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-360-C1F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-c1f) (registry code 41573, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21029C
- Year built: 1997
- Airframe hours: 614
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-C4F 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, December 21, 2015
- Departed: 1AR6, Quitman, AR
- Destination: 1AR6, Quitman, AR
- Airport: 1AR6, Diamond Bluff, runway 24, 2,600 × 70 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Stall warning system

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; injuries: none; airline transport, commercial, flight engineer; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review July 25, 2016; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 9,400 total, 3 in this make and model, 3,750 as pilot in command, 320 in the last 90 days, 117 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter: 30.01 inHg
- Observed at: KCCA, 14 nm away

## 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 20160811013019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160811013019A), Aug 11, 2016: Maule MXT-7-180A, Quitman, AR, Substantial damage. On August 11, 2016 at 0830 CDT, N1665B, a 1997 Maule MXT-7-180A, with a pending registration to [privacy data omitted] operated by an ATP rated pilot,…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 5, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=93847. 1.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 620 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40444980&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Accident Photos (Courtesy of FAA) (item 2, .PDF, 2 photos, 700 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40444981&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photos%20(Courtesy%20of%20FAA)-Master.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.

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