Maule M-7-235C N4255P

Summary

On 16 September 2000 at about 15:00 local time, a Maule M-7-235C registered N4255P was involved in an accident near Collbran, Colorado, United States. 2 people were 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

16 September 2000 at 15:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Collbran, Colorado, United States

Nearest airport

Private Airstrip (NONE)

Coordinates

39.2300, -107.9502

Aircraft

Maule M-7-235C

Registration

N4255P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grand Junction → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN00LA173

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing flare and roll. Factors were the tree and fences.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot made two low passes over the east-west runway, one in each direction. The third pass was made to the east at an approach speed of 65 mph, using 40 degrees of flaps. The airplane stalled 4 to 6 feet above, and 100 to 200 feet down, the 900-foot long runway. The airplane contacted the left side of the runway in a 3-point attitude. The left main gear went through tall grass and into a small ditch. Full power was applied to abort the landing. The pilot turned the airplane 40 degrees to the right in an attempt to avoid a juniper tree at the end of the runway, but the left wing struck its branches, damaging the outer one-third of the wing leading edge. The airplane went through a barbed wire fence, across a gravel road, then went through another barbed wire fence before coming to a halt in a field.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.