# NTSB WPR26LA035: Maule M-7-235A, N9234N, Friday Harbor, WA, October 31, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: October 31, 2025, 12:27 local (19:27 UTC)
- Place: Friday Harbor, WA · Runway
- Coordinates: 48.523972, -123.02443
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.5240&lon=-123.0244&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201953
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA035
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/201953/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA035

## Preliminary 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 best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094) (defining event); cases with it: [Maule M-7-235A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=5460107), [All aircraft, 1,789 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9234N](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9234N), registered now, S/N 4119C, built 1993 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-7-235A
- Registry model: [Maule M-7-235A](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-235a) (registry code 5460107) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-540-W1A5](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-w1a5) (registry code 41660, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4119C
- Year 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

## 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Incident 20251031015869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251031015869I), Oct 31, 2025: Maule M-7-235A, Friday Harbor, WA, Minor damage. Landing runway 16 at fhr, the winds were 140/16 KTS. The left crosswind component was approximatley 7-8 KTS. The pilot executed a normal crosswind landing.…

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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