- Date
- October 31, 2025, 12:27 local (19:27 UTC)
- Place
- Friday Harbor, WA · Runway
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9234NMaule M-7-235A
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear collapse
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FAA report
- 20251031015869I
- Case key
- 201953
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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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On October 31, 2025, at about 1227 Pacific daylight time, a Maule M-7-235A, N9234N, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident at Friday Harbor Airport (FHR), Friday Harbor, Washington. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot reported that, as he approached runway 16, he observed there was a gusting crosswind from the left. The pilot compensated for the crosswind by landing on the left main tire first, followed by the right main tire. Immediately after the right main tire contacted the runway surface, the right main landing gear failed, and the airplane ground looped to the left. As a result, the airplane sustained substantial damage to the wings and fuselage. Examination of the right main landing gear revealed a fracture at a weld inboard of the wheel axle. The right main landing gear was retained for further examination.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9234N
- Reported as
- Maule M-7-235A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4119C
- Built
- 1993
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Nemnook Airplanes LLC
- Departed
- 7WA5 · Stuart Island, WA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- FHR
- 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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 14 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.87 inHg
- Observed at
- KFHR
- METAR
- METAR KFHR 311953Z AUTO 15014G26KT 10SM SCT080 OVC100 12/07 A2987 RMK AO2 PK WND 13031/1910 SLP116 T01220067=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.