- Date
- July 11, 1985, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Savoy, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N70LBMaule MX-7-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850711031059A
- Case key
- 35931
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot was attempting to land on a dirt runway approximately 800 feet long with a small dirt embankment at the threshold. During the approach, the aircraft landed short and the landing gear collided with the embankment. The aircraft nosed over and came to rest inverted on the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70LB
- Reported as
- Maule MX-7-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10010C
- Airframe hours
- 56
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lewis F. Beers, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HFD · Hartford, CT
- Airport
- Savoy, runway 23, 800 × 35 ft, dirt
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
- 66
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,600 total · 52 in this make and model · 2,600 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N70LB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.