- Date
- March 7, 1984, 13:26 local (20:26 UTC)
- Place
- Mesa, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N56463Maule M6235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840307005029A
- Case key
- 24195
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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 acft dragged a wing and nosed down into the ground collapsing the landing gear and sliding to a stop on a taxi-way during an attempted go-around after an alignment with rwy problem. The CFI said that the student plt used excessive rudder and 'froze' on the controls as the go-around was initiated. The CFI said he was unable to 'correct' the situationin time. Both the CFI and student were low on recency of experience in this make and model of acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56463
- Reported as
- Maule M6235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7411C
- Airframe hours
- 99
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-J1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Johnson Cattle Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1983
- Airport
- P16 · Falcon Field, runway 22, 4,300 × 100 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
- 54
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 2,771 total · 36 in this make and model · 2,674 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- P16
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.