- Date
- May 21, 1999, 20:08 local (May 22, 1999, 03:08 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Ana, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51641Maule M-5-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19990521041689A
- Case key
- 46391
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control and his excessive use of the rudder to regain runway alignment.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that he was practicing touch-and-go landings. He reported that the airplane landed right of centerline and he attempted to correct back to the center of the runway before initiating the takeoff. He said that he over corrected and ground looped the airplane. The pilot reported that the winds were from 180 degrees at 8 knots. He further reported that there were no mechanical anomalies noted with the airplane or engine, and that weather was not a factor.
Factual narrative
On May 21, 1999, at 2008 hours Pacific daylight time, a Maule M-5-210C, N51641, ground looped after landing on runway 19L at the John Wayne airport, Santa Ana, California. The airplane, operated by the pilot under 14 CFR Part 91, sustained substantial damage. The airline transport pilot/owner, the sole occupant, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions existed for the local personal flight and no flight plan was filed. The flight had originated at the John Wayne airport the day of the accident about 1950.
The pilot stated that he was practicing touch-and-go landings. He reported that the airplane landed right of centerline and he attempted to correct back to the center of the runway before initiating the takeoff. He said that he over corrected and ground looped the airplane. The pilot reported that the winds were from 180 degrees at 8 knots. He further reported that there were no mechanical anomalies noted with the airplane or engine, and that weather was not a factor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51641
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6047L
- Airframe hours
- 1,723
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-D33A, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy J. Hathaway
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 16, 1998 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- SNA
- Airport
- SNA · John Wayne/Orange County, runway 19L, 2,887 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,540 total · 23 in this make and model · 1,900 as pilot in command · 24 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 160° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,200 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SNA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.