# NTSB WPR24LA204: Maule MXT-7-180, N5519C, Winifred, MT, June 23, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 23, 2024, 08:50 local (14:50 UTC)
- Place: Winifred, MT
- Coordinates: 47, -109
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.0000&lon=-109.0000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194536
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR24LA204
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194536/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194536
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR24LA204

## Probable cause

The pilot’s inadvertent excessive application of brakes, which resulted in a nose over.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Landing gear system: brake](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242): Aircraft › Aircraft systems · Incorrect use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Maule MXT-7-180, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242/cases.md?model=5470206), [All aircraft, 297 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01023242/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: use of equip/system](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Maule MXT-7-180, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md?model=5470206), [All aircraft, 1,391 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063015/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Maule MXT-7-180, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=5470206), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he entered the downwind leg of the airport traffic pattern and subsequently completed a normal approach to the runway. During the touchdown the airplane landed hard and bounced twice. After the second bounce, the pilot inadvertently applied brakes, and the airplane immediately nosed over and came to rest inverted, which resulted in substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder and wing struts. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that could have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5519C](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5519C), registered now, S/N 14105C, built 2001 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MXT-7-180
- Registry model: [Maule MXT-7-180](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-180) (registry code 5470206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O&VO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (registry code 41514, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 14105C
- Year built: 2001
- Airframe hours: 720
- Engines: Lycoming O-360-C1F 180 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Kukeeza LLC
- Registered owner: Kukeeza LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, February 25, 2024
- Departed: 9S7, Winifred, MT
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: L51, Heller Farm, runway 11/29, 2,998 × 80 ft, dirt
- Equipment: Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 6, 2023; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 595 total, 63 in this make and model, 523 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter: 29.85 inHg
- Observed at: KLWT, 19 nm away
- METAR: METAR KLWT 231454Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 23/15 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP067 T02280150 58015=

## 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 20240623006789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240623006789A), Jun 23, 2024: Maule MXT-7-180, Great Falls, MT, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted to land on an grass airstrip. On landing aircraft bounced and go airborne again. Pilot attempted to recover from the bounce and bounced a…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 13, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194536. 4.3 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18249497&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Accident photographs (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 2.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18254252&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Accident%20Photographs_Redacted-Rel.pdf

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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