- Date
- February 8, 2021, 08:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Price, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N62055Maule M-5-180C
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- FAA report
- 20210208003549A
- Case key
- 102642
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a ground loop, runway excursion and collision with terrain.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that, during the takeoff roll, he lost directional control and the airplane ground looped. The airplane exited the side of the runway where the right main landing gear separated. The right wing contacted the ground and was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62055
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8007C
- Built
- 1979
- Airframe hours
- 1,561
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Mastin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 8, 2021
- Airport
- PUC · Carbon County Rgnl/Buck Davis Fld, runway 01/19, 8,316 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 16, 2019
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 706 total · 18 in this make and model · 675 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot-rated passenger
- Seat
- Right
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 28 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Observed at
- KPUC
- METAR
- METAR KPUC 091353Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM OVC100 M02/M10 A2993 RMK AO1 SLP161 T10221100=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.