- Date
- February 11, 1985, 12:31 local (17:31 UTC)
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9207EMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850211002599A
- Case key
- 31353
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed with a x-wind component of about 25 KTS from the right. The plt and witnesses stated the wind lifted the right wing of off the rwy. Side forces resulted in the left main landing gear collapsing. Maximum demonstrated takeoff and landing x-wind component for this acft is 14 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9207E
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7133-C
- Airframe hours
- 258
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-JA5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred Messina
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 9, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- VRB · Vero Beach, FL
- Airport
- FXE · Ft. Lauderdale Executive, runway 8, 6,000 × 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,930 total · 112 in this make and model · 4,800 as pilot in command · 180 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 15 knots, gusting 30
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FXE
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 N9207E · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.