- Date
- November 3, 2001, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- North Lima, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5511GMaule M7-260
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 4, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 20011103037999A
- Case key
- 53801
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to retract the landing gear, which resulted in a wheels down landing on water.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot owned the "amphibian" airplane, which was equipped with both floats and a retractable wheel landing gear configuration. The pilot performed two runway landings at nearby airport, then returned to land at his private lake. The pilot said he inadvertently landed on the lake with the landing gear wheels in the extended position and the airplane flipped over.
Factual narrative
On November 3, 2001, about 1500 eastern standard time, a Maule M7-260, N5511G, was substantially damaged while landing on a private lake in North Lima, Ohio. The certificated private pilot was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan had been filed for the local personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
The pilot owned the "amphibian" airplane, which was equipped with both floats and a retractable wheel landing gear configuration.
In a written statement, the pilot said he performed two runway landings at the Youngstown Elser Metro Airport (4G4), Youngstown, Ohio, and then returned to land on his private lake located about 2 miles north of 4G4. The pilot said he inadvertently landed on the lake with the landing gear wheels in the extended position and the airplane flipped over. He further said he did not experience any mechanical problems with the airplane.
The pilot reported 562 hours of total flight experience, with 300 hours in make and model.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5511G
- Reported as
- Maule M7-260
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 26014C
- Airframe hours
- 43
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-V4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William A. Bieber
- Registered owner
- Mill Creek Farms Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 4G4 · Youngstown, OH
- Destination
- OI76 · North Lima, OH
- Airport
- OI76 · Bieber's Seaplane Base
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- December 28, 2000
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 563 total · 300 in this make and model · 43 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.29 inHg
- Observed at
- YNG, 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.