- Date
- April 10, 2005, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Borrego Springs, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1033CMaule MA-7-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 7, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20050410005589A
- Case key
- 61376
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Probable cause
the pilot's failure to maintain directional control.
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.
Analysis
The pilot lost directional control on the landing rollout, and the airplane collided with terrain as it veered off the runway. The pilot said he was landing to the southwest and he lost directional control. The airplane veered off the runway and sustained damage as the right wing contacted the ground. The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight. The nearest official weather reporting station was bearing 360 degrees at 27 nautical miles. At the time of the accident the station was reporting winds from 360 degrees at 14 knots, gusting to 22 knots.
Factual narrative
On April 10, 2005, about 1030 Pacific daylight time, a Maule M-7-235, N1033C, collided with terrain while landing at a private dirt strip near Borrego Springs, California. The pilot/owner was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The personal cross-country flight departed Thermal about 0930, and the private strip was the destination. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed.
The pilot submitted a Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report (NTSB Form 6120.1/2). He stated that he was landing to the southwest and lost directional control on the landing rollout. The airplane veered off the runway. The propeller and wheel sustained damage; the outboard 2 feet of the right wing bent up.
The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions during the flight.
The nearest official reporting station was Thermal, California, bearing 360 degrees at 27 nautical miles. At 1027, Thermal reported winds from 360 degrees at 14 knots, gusting to 22 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1033C
- Reported as
- Maule MA-7-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25012C
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Patrick D Garvey
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TRM · Thermal, CA
- Destination
- Borrego Springs, CA
- Airport
- L08 · Borrego Valley, runway 25, 5,011 × 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
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Flight hours
- 840 total · 45 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 14 knots, gusting 22
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRM, 27 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.