- Date
- January 3, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- White Plains, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7125DMaule M-5-235C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820103000129A
- Case key
- 73034
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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
After returning from a short local flight, the pilot landed in light and variable wind conditions. During landing, the aircraft bounced and ground looped. The left main gear failed and the left wing and propeller were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7125D
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A7360C
- Airframe hours
- 65
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lucky Strike Corp.
- Registered owner
- Lucky Strike Corp.
- Departed
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Destination
- HPN · White Plains, NY
- Airport
- HPN · Westchester County
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 204 total · 58 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 32 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.