- Date
- April 9, 1996, 20:14 local (Apr 10, 1996, 00:14 UTC)
- Place
- Plains, GA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N725VMaule M-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1996
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19960409006389A
- Case key
- 38002
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Probable cause
the pilot misjudging distance and speed during the approach, and his failure to obtain the proper touchdown point on landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated he was making a straight-in approach for landing. The approach was steep and fast. The airplane touched down long and bounced. He realized he had insufficient runway remaining to make a go-around and went off the end of the runway. The airplane collided with trees and a garage.
Factual narrative
On April 9, 1996, about 2014 eastern daylight time, a Maule M-5, N725V, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, overshot the runway and crashed in the vicinity of Plains, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane sustained substantial damage. The private pilot and one passenger reported minor injuries. The flight originated from Americus, Georgia, about 15 minutes before the accident.
The pilot stated he was landing to the west at a private airfield. His approach was steep and fast. The airplane touched down long and bounced. He realized he had insufficient runway remaining to make a go-around and went off the end of the runway. The airplane collided with trees and a garage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N725V
- Reported as
- Maule M-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 7480C
- Airframe hours
- 1,082
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-AE2A, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert D. Campbell
- Registered owner
- Cantrell/Campbell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 27, 1995 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- ACJ · Americus, GA
- Airport
- NONE · Plains Downtown, runway 27, 2,000 × 75 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 215 total · 83 in this make and model · 156 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CSG, 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.