- Date
- January 17, 2026, 09:39 local (16:39 UTC)
- Place
- Cody, WY
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N116GMaule M-7-235B
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 2, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- Case key
- 202316
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll.
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 landing roll, the airplane began to move to the left, which he applied corrective control inputs to maneuver the airplane to the right. The pilot stated that as the airplane began to move to the right, it began to feel as if it was going to swing around. Subsequently, the left wing tip stuck the runway surface and the airplane swung about 270°, before it settled onto the right main landing gear, which collapsed. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing, and both ailerons. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing on runway 22 with calm wind. The pilot reported no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N116G
- Reported as
- Maule M-7-235B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 23019C
- Built
- 1995
- Airframe hours
- 2,914.4
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 235 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- DK Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2025 · 15.1 hours before
- Departed
- KSHR · Sheridan, WY
- Destination
- KCOD · Cody, WY
- Airport
- KCOD · Yellowstone Regional, runway 22, 8,268 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Onboard weather
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
- 34
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- January 12, 2026
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 126.1 total · 12.8 in this make and model · 126.1 as pilot in command · 12.8 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 14 °F, dew point 7 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.31 inHg
- Observed at
- KCOD
- METAR
- METAR KCOD 171556Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW120 M10/M14 A3031 RMK AO2 SLP318 T11001139 FZRANO $
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 31, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.3 MB in all.