- Date
- December 22, 1986, 18:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ocala, FL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N151CDMaule M-7-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861222068649A
- Case key
- 31839
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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 during lndg according to the plts statement. The acft came to rest beside the rwy. The plt said he lost control of the acft due to a fuel imbalance. After the accident the left wing tip tank was found full of fuel. According to the acft manufacturer the acft should have been controllable if full flaps had not been selected for the x-wind lndg or if the acft had been landed in another direction to put the x-wind on the opposite side.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N151CD
- Reported as
- Maule M-7-235
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 4011C
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard Rassmussen
- Departed
- X51 · Homestead, FL
- Airport
- OCF · Ocala, runway 36, 5,007 × 150 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
- 32
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 915 total · 25 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CNV, 30 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.