- Date
- October 12, 1985, 15:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Westerly, RI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5661NMaule MX 7-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851012054819A
- Case key
- 30246
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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.
In flight encounter with weather
Ground loop/swerve - not correctedCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Analysis
The acft groundlooped during lndg. The plt reported that a sudden gust of wind was the cause. The sind was reported as calm.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5661N
- Reported as
- Maule MX 7-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10019C
- Airframe hours
- 26
- Engine
- Lycoming 235, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Anthony Bryan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1985 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- HPN · Westchester, NY
- Destination
- WST · Westerly, RI
- Airport
- WST · Westerly State, runway 25, 4,000 × 100 ft, macadam
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,070 total · 150 in this make and model · 145 as pilot in command · 26 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
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 N5661N · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.