Maule M-7-235 N5664Y

Summary

On 25 October 1996 at about 19:30 local time, a Maule M-7-235 registered N5664Y was involved in an accident near Laramie, Wyoming, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 October 1996 at 19:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Laramie, Wyoming, United States

Nearest airport

Evans (Private)

Coordinates

41.3109, -105.5790

Aircraft

Maule M-7-235

Registration

N5664Y

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Boulder

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA97LA021

Nobody was injured.

VFR flight by the pilot into instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), his misjudged speed/distance on final approach for landing, and his failure to attain the proper touchdown point during the landing. Factors relating to the accident include snow, low ceilings, obscured visibility, and a fence and ditch off the end of the runway.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During a flight from Laramie, WY, to Boulder, CO, the pilot encountered deteriorating weather and reversed course. After the pilot arrived back at his private airstrip, he found snow, low ceilings, and obscured visibility. He elected to land in what he estimated was about one-quarter mile visibility, but was fast on final approach and landed long. He was unable to stop the aircraft on the remaining runway, and after it departed the airstrip, it went through a fence, then it nosed over as it rolled through a ditch.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.