Maule MXT-7-180A N40030
7 January 2001 · Perry, Florida, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 7 January 2001 at about 18:00 local time, a Maule MXT-7-180A registered N40030 was involved in an accident near Perry, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously 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 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Perry, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lumar Airstrip
- Coordinates
- 30.0711, -83.5822
- Aircraft
- Maule MXT-7-180A
- Registration
- N40030
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Perry/Ezell AP → Perry/Lumar AP
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA01LA056
People
1 person was seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The loss of control on landing due to the student's improper recovery from a bounced landing, and the resulting nose over on the grass runway.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that after numerous landings performed at his home airstrip, he wanted to show his new acquisition off to a friend at another private airstrip. The grass runway was, "very rough and hilly" and his landing attempt resulted in a bounced landing and porpoising that caused the wings and wing struts to deform, the nose wheel strut to fracture, and the remaining nose wheel strut stub to dig in the terrain. The aircraft sustained a nose over and the student suffered serious injuries.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Maule MXT-7 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Jul 2002 | Maule MXT-7-180A | Trenton, Georgia, United States | Roderick Henderson | No injuries | - |
| 20 Apr 1998 | Maule MXT-7-108A | Orland, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Mar 1997 | Maule MXT-7 | Hampton, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Apr 2007 | Maule MXT-7-180 | Sierra Blanca, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 May 2007 | Maule MXT-7-180A | Red Lodge, Montana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 May 2007 | Maule MXT-7-180A | St Petersburg, Florida, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mar 2001 | Enstrom F-28C | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 9 Nov 2001 | Robinson R-22 | Bunnell, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Nov 2001 | Cessna 177 | Gainesville, Florida, United States | Thomas W. Norton | Minor injuries | - |
| 10 Nov 2001 | Extra Flugzeugbau EA300/L | St. Augustine, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 2001 | Boeing 737-200 | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 14 Jun 2001 | Beechcraft C90 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |