Maule MX-7-180 N56606

Summary

On 24 August 1988 at about 22:30 local time, a Maule MX-7-180 registered N56606, operated by Poly-Fabricators, Inc., was involved in an accident near Eufaula, Alabama, United States. 4 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 August 1988 at 22:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Eufaula, Alabama, United States

Nearest airport

Weedon Field (EUF)

Coordinates

31.8995, -85.1507

Aircraft

Maule MX-7-180

Registration

N56606

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Poly-Fabricators, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jackson → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL88LA237

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT HE LANDED ON A GRASS STRIP ADJACENT TO THE PAVED RWY, TO 'SAVE THE (AIRPLANE) TIRES' FROM EXCESSIVE WEAR. HE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE GROUNDLOOPED DURING THE ROLLOUT WHEN IT ENCOUNTERED A HOLE IN THE TURF. A MECHANIC WHO EXAMINED THE AIRPLANE & ACCIDENT SITE REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE APPARENTLY GROUNDLOOPED AS THE AIRPLANE TURNED ONTO THE PAVED RWY DURING THE ROLLOUT. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT HE FOUND THE ROLLOUT AREA TO BE FREE OF HOLES AND FAIRLY SMOOTH, AND THAT THE RWY EDGE WAS ABOUT 2 INCHES HIGHER THAN THE TURF. THE MECHANIC NOTED THAT THE GRASSY AREA HAD SERVED AS A TEMPORARY RWY THE YEAR BEFORE WHEN THE PAVED RWY WAS CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE. ACCORDING TO THE APPLICABLE AIRPORT/FACILITY DIRECTORY, THE ARPT HAD ONLY A SINGLE PAVED RWY; NO GRASS RWY WAS LISTED. THE PLT DID NOT FILE AN ACC REPORT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.