- Date
- October 12, 2023, 14:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Provo, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N235PRMaule M-7-235C
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: 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
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20231012016599A
- Case key
- 193257
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Findings · 3
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 reported that during the landing he felt a wind gust that moved the airplane’s tail to the left, but was unsuccessful when applying a correctional input. The left wing impacted the ground then nosed over and came to rest inverted. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wing assembly. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N235PR
- Reported as
- Maule M-7-235C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 25066C
- Airframe hours
- 1,115.5
- Engine
- Lycoming O-540-B4B5, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Sunnyside 7 LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 2023 · 28.7 hours before
- Departed
- KBMC · Brigham City, UT
- Destination
- KPVU · Provo, UT
- Airport
- PVU · Provo Municipal Airport, runway 31, 8,603 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 37
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- August 18, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 406 total · 7 in this make and model · 357 as pilot in command · 27 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 32 °F, dew point 32 °F
- METAR
- 12/10/2023 22:56-> METAR KPVU 122256Z 34006KT 10SM BKN037 OVC047 08/04 A3003
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 2, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 5.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.