# NTSB LAX06CA212: Maule M-7-235C, N209Z, La Verne, CA, June 25, 2006 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: June 25, 2006, 09:00 local (16:00 UTC) - Place: La Verne, CA - Coordinates: 34.091388, -117.781669 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0914&lon=-117.7817&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report October 3, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 63977 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX06CA212 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/63977/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06CA212 ## Probable cause the pilot's failure to obtain/maintain directional control on the landing rollout. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - directional control - not obtained/maintained, pilot in command (cause) - ground loop/swerve - encountered, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - ground - Nose over, landing - roll ## Analysis The airplane veered off the runway after landing and nosed over. In the pilot's written statement, he said that he lost directional control after touchdown and was not successful in regaining control, so he let it run off the runway. The airplane nosed over and came to rest inverted. The pilot stated that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions noted with the airplane or engine that would have precluded normal operation. Reported winds at the time of the accident were variable at 4 knots. ## Factual narrative On June 25, 2006, about 0900 Pacific daylight time, a Maule M-7-235C, N209Z, veered off the runway and nosed over during landing at Brackett Field, La Verne, California. The pilot/operator was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, and one passenger were not injured; the airplane sustained substantial damage. The local personal flight departed Brackett Field about 0854. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The pilot submitted a written report. He reported that after touchdown on the runway, he lost directional control of the airplane. He stated "I was not succeeding in controlling it, so I let it run off the runway and it flipped over after the prop struck the ground." The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation. The reported wind conditions at Brackett Field at 0847 were variable at 4 knots. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N209Z](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N209Z-2011-08-23), registration cancelled 2011-08-23, S/N 25028C, built 1999 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Maule M-7-235C - Registry model: [Maule M-7-235C](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-235c) (registry code 5460110) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (registry code 41530, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 25028C - Engines: Lycoming IO-540-WIAS 235 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Peter Hoffman - Registered owner: Fairway Racing, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: POC, La Verne, CA - Destination: POC, La Verne, CA - Airport: POC, Brackett Field, runway 26L, 4,839 × 75 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; last flight review May 1, 2006; seat: left; flight hours: 842 total, 14 in this make and model, 674 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 260° at 4 knots - Visibility: 7 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 10,000 ft broken - Altimeter: 29.96 inHg - Observed at: POC ## 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 20060625014639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060625014639A), Jun 25, 2006: Maule M7235C, La Verne, CA, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 25, 2006, about 0900 pacific daylight time a Maule M-7-235C, N209Z, veered off the runway and nosed over during landing at Brackett field,… From the NTSB's public API. 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