- Date
- August 23, 1982, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mcneal, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9101EMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820823044519A
- Case key
- 71635
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A pilot came in low with 6 knot tailwind, gave a throttle burst clear a fence, then landed 3/4 way down a 1,000 foot strip and ground looped to avoid a fence. The swerve collapsed the left main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9101E
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7096C
- Airframe hours
- 630
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Knipp Brothers, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Knipp Brothers, Inc.
- Departed
- P37 · Glendale, AZ
- Destination
- Le Suer, MN
- Airport
- runway 35, 1,000 × 500 ft, grass/turf
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
- 26
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,568 total · 2,514 as pilot in command · 166 in the last 90 days · 61 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 176 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DUG, 10 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.
Other investigations on N9101E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.