- Date
- April 27, 2019, 11:35 local (17:35 UTC)
- Place
- Roosevelt, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4257AMaule M7
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 2020
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- General Aviation Accidents
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20190427003509A
- Case key
- 99334
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with a culvert.
Findings · 4
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 in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during landing, the airplane encountered a "strong" wind gust. The airplane touched down on the left side of the runway centerline. The pilot stated that, when the tailwheel touched down, it felt as though the airplane was being pushed further to the left side of the runway. He recalled that the right wing lifted, and the airplane veered left. He applied right rudder, and he leveled the wings, but the airplane exited the left side of the runway and impacted a culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The METAR for the airport reported that, about the time of the accident, the wind was from 260° at 11 knots, gusting to 16 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 25.
Factual narrative
The pilot in the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that during landing, the airplane encountered a "strong" wind gust. The airplane touched down on the left side of the runway centerline. When the tailwheel touched down, the pilot felt as though the airplane was being pushed further to the left side of the runway. He recalled that the right wing lifted, and the airplane veered to the left. He applied right rudder, and he leveled the wings, but the airplane exited the left side of the runway and impacted a drainage culvert. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The METAR for the accident airport reported that about the time of the accident, the wind was from 260° at 11 knots, and gusting to 16 knots. The pilot landed the airplane on runway 25.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4257A
- Reported as
- Maule M7 (235C)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25083C
- Built
- 2002
- Airframe hours
- 1,206
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Ioka Flight Service Llc
- Registered owner
- Ioka Flight Service Llc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Other
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 12, 2018
- Departed
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Destination
- VGT · Las Vegas, NV
- Airport
- 74V · Roosevelt Muni, runway 25, 6,501 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, ADS-B, 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
- 70
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- July 3, 2017
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,185 total · 985 in this make and model · 1,134 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- KVEL, 27 nm away
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 18, 2019, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.6 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.