# NTSB NYC86LA009: Maule MX 7-235, N5661N, Westerly, RI, October 12, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 12, 1985, 15:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Westerly, RI
- Location: 41.3496° N, 71.8034° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTERLY STATE (WST), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3496&lon=-71.8034&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30246
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA009
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30246/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA009

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight encounter with weather, landing - roll
  - ground loop/swerve - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5661N-2013-07-01), registration cancelled 2013-07-01, S/N 10019C (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX 7-235
- Registry model: [Maule MX-7-235](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-235) (registry code 5470207) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 10019C
- Airframe hours: 26
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19851012054819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851012054819A), Oct 12, 1985: Maule MX7235, Westerly, RI, Substantial damage. The aircraft ground looped on landing. The pilot reported a crosswind gust at touchdown.

## Other investigations on N5661N (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC86LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA155), Jun 22, 1986: Maule MX7-235 (N5661N), Ardara, PA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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