Maule MT-7-235 N116CP
4 August 2001 · Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 4 August 2001 at about 19:00 local time, a Maule MT-7-235 registered N116CP was involved in an accident near Las Cruces, New Mexico, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 19:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
- Nearest airport
- Las Cruces International (LRU)
- Coordinates
- 32.2605, -106.8199
- Aircraft
- Maule MT-7-235
- Registration
- N116CP
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Public Use
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Las Cruces → Las Cruces
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- NTSB number
- DEN01LA140
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to properly recover from a bounced landing. Contributing factors include his misjudgment of the flare and his lack of total experience in make and model.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane landed hard and porpoised several times. The final impact with the runway collapsed the nose landing gear. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the firewall and nose landing gear. The pilot reported 2,200 hours of total flight time in all aircraft and 11 hours of flight time in make and model.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Maule MT-7 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 2004 | Maule MT-7-420 | Bend, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Sep 2005 | Maule MT-7-235 | Guyton, Georgia, United States | William D McCall | No injuries | - |
| 14 Sep 2005 | Maule MT-7-260 | Decatur, Indiana, United States | Dennis Scheumann | Minor injuries | - |
| 15 Sep 2006 | Maule MT-7 | Ponca, Arkansas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 26 May 2006 | Maule MT-7-235 | Flushing, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Aug 1996 | Maule MT-7-235 | Poseyville, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2001 | Cameron Balloons N-210 | Rio Rancho, New Mexico, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 2001 | North American SNJ-5 | Raton, New Mexico, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 6 Mar 2001 | Cessna 172F | Clovis, New Mexico, United States | Eastern New Mexico Flight Academy | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 2001 | Cessna 172N | Farmington, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 May 2001 | 1977 Colfer-Chan STEEN SKYBOLT | Gallup, New Mexico, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 26 Oct 2001 | Beechcraft 58 | Farmington, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |