# NTSB MIA01LA056: Maule MXT-7-180A, N40030, Perry, FL, January 7, 2001 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: January 7, 2001, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Perry, FL - Coordinates: 30.071111, -83.582221 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0711&lon=-83.5822&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Serious injuries - Injuries: 1 serious - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA - NTSB case key (mKey): 50886 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA01LA056 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50886/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA056 ## Probable cause The loss of control on landing due to the student's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and the resulting nose over on the grass runway. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause) - Nose over, landing - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - grass ## Analysis The pilot stated that after numerous landings performed at his home airstrip, he wanted to show his new acquisition off to a friend at another private airstrip. The grass runway was, "very rough and hilly" and his landing attempt resulted in a bounced landing and porpoising that caused the wings and wing struts to deform, the nose wheel strut to fracture, and the remaining nose wheel strut stub to dig in the terrain. The aircraft sustained a nose over and the student suffered serious injuries. ## Factual narrative On January 7, 2001, about 1300 eastern standard time, a Maule MXT-7-180A, N40030, registered to B and D Aviation, Inc., operating as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, sustained a nose over while landing at a private airstrip in the vicinity of Perry, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane received substantial damage, and the student pilot sustained serious injuries. The flight originated from a private airstrip about 3 hours before the accident. According to the student, he had flown almost 3 hours in the vicinity of his home field, including conducting practice touch-and-go landings, when he decided to visit a friend at another private field near Perry. The field was very rough and hilly, and on landing rollout, he hit a bump and became airborne. The aircraft stalled and on its second touchdown, fractured the nose wheel strut, buried the remaining strut stub, and caused a nose over. According to an FAA Inspector, the student reported that he had conducted nine touch-and-go landings, and stated, "I had a good grasp of the airplane and was going to show it off at a friend's airstrip". The student stated on his landing, he bounced, touched down on the nose gear, sustained another bounce that deformed the wings and wing struts, and the third and final bounce resulted in the sheared nose strut and nose over. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N40030](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40030), registered now, S/N 21052C, built 1998 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Maule MXT-7-180A - Registry model: [Maule MXT-7-180A](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-180a) (registry code 5460187) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming O-360-C4F](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-360-c4f) (registry code 42290, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 21052C - Airframe hours: 727 - Engines: Lycoming O-360-C4F 180 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: B and D Aviation, Inc. - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, December 12, 2000, 10 hours before - Departed: Perry/Ezell AP, FL - Destination: Perry/Lumar AP, FL - Airport: Lumar Airstrip, runway 18, 1,100 × 30 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 67; injuries: minor; seat: left; flight hours: 2,000 total, 6 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 220° at 7 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 27 °F - Altimeter: 29.98 inHg - Observed at: TLH, 82 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20010107002229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010107002229A), Jan 7, 2001: Maule MXT7180A, Perry, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) On January 7, 2001, Mr. Rudolf blakely flew his newly purchased Maule, N40030 at his own private airstrip for approx. 9 touch and go landings. He stated… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. 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