- Date
- July 1, 2000, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Woodbine, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5661PMaule MX-7-180
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20000701043709A
- Case key
- 49576
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Probable cause
The pilot-in-command's failure to initiate a timely go-around.
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 flight instructor was demonstrating a simulated engine failure to the private pilot. 'About 200 feet above the ground', the instructor realized the airplane was not going to reach the runway. He applied full power in an attempt to go around, but the airplane struck trees about 200 feet before the runway. The private pilot believed that the airplane was behind the power curve when the instructor attempted to go around. Both pilots reported that there were no mechanical difficulties with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On July 1, 2000, about 1145 Eastern Daylight Time, a Maule MX-7-180, N5661P, was substantially damaged while maneuvering near Woodbine, New Jersey. The certificated flight instructor and private pilot were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for the instructional flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The local flight departed Woodbine Municipal Airport, Woodbine, New Jersey, about 1135.
The instructor stated that he was demonstrating an "engine out" procedure to the private pilot. "About 200 feet above the ground", the instructor realized that he was not going to make his intended touchdown point. He added full power and attempted to climb, but the airplane continued to descend and impacted trees. Both wings and the fuselage were damaged. The instructor added that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane.
The private pilot stated that the instructor added full power about 300 feet above the ground. The airplane continued to sink, and came to rest in trees and shrubbery about 200 feet before Runway 19. The private pilot stated that there were no mechanical problems with the airplane. He believed that the airplane "got behind the power curve".
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5661P
- Reported as
- Maule MX-7-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11006C
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lawrence R. Winchell III
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 1N4
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- 1N4 · Woodbine Municipal, runway 19, 3,304 × 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
- 74
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,860 total · 25 in this make and model · 3,246 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ACY, 17 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.