- Date
- April 19, 1988, 20:00 local (Apr 20, 1988, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Walton, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N366XMaule M-6-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880419009989A
- Case key
- 36124
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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
The pilot decided to land on a sod strip. He bounced once, then lowered the nose to keep it on the ground. The prop dug into the ground and the aircraft flipped over. The pilot reported that he was practicing manuevers and wanted to practice a sod landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N366X
- Reported as
- Maule M-6-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-5 7005C
- Airframe hours
- 698
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Michael Dimartino
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 22, 1987 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- N23 · Sidney, NY
- Airport
- Farm Field
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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 101 total · 22 in this make and model · 15 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
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 N366X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.