- Date
- December 10, 2001, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Halfway, OR
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N61385Maule M-7-235
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 2002
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA - Boise FSDO
- FAA report
- 20011210034109A
- Case key
- 53907
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Probable cause
A loss of aircraft control for undetermined reasons. A factor was a snow-covered landing surface.
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 reported that prior to landing, he made two passes over the runway to determine the runway condition, and determined that there were less than 5 inches of snow on the landing surface. He stated that he "made a normal soft-field landing." He reported that the aircraft rolled approximately 200 feet, then nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The pilot reported that no mechanical malfunction or failure was involved. Visual meteorological conditions with calm winds were reported by the pilot.
Factual narrative
On December 10, 2001, approximately 1100 Pacific standard time, a Maule M-7-235 airplane, N61385, was substantially damaged in a nose-over during landing at Halfway, Oregon, on a landing surface covered with approximately 5 inches of snow. The commercial pilot and a passenger (the passenger was the aircraft owner) were not injured in the accident. Visual meteorological conditions with calm winds were reported by the pilot, and (according to FAA accident notification information) a visual flight rules flight plan had been filed for the 14 CFR 91 flight from Boise, Idaho.
The pilot reported that prior to landing, he made two passes over the runway to determine the runway condition, and determined that there were less than 5 inches of snow. He stated that he "made a normal soft-field landing." He reported that the aircraft rolled approximately 200 feet, then nosed over, coming to rest inverted. The pilot reported on his NTSB accident report that no mechanical malfunction or failure was involved in the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N61385
- Reported as
- Maule M-7-235
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4107C
- Airframe hours
- 1,216
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-W1A5D, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Eagle Cap Aviation
- Registered owner
- Dale H. Denson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 2001 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- Halfway, OR
- Flight plan
- VFR
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
- 41
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2001
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 6,500 total · 200 in this make and model · 6,100 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 16 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.