Maule M-7-260C N347JM

Summary

On 29 January 2006 at about 18:30 local time, a Maule M-7-260C registered N347JM was involved in an accident near Lakeview, Arkansas, 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

29 January 2006 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lakeview, Arkansas, United States

Nearest airport

Gastons Airport (3M0)

Coordinates

36.3425, -92.5542

Aircraft

Maule M-7-260C

Registration

N347JM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Mountain Home → Lakeview

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW06CA061

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to compensate for existing wind conditions during the landing roll. Contributing factors were the prevailing crosswind, and wet terrain.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 4,227-hour private pilot reported in a written statement that during the landing-roll on runway 24 (a 3,200-feet long by 55-feet wide turf runway) the amphibian single-engine airplane drifted to the left due to a right crosswind. He then reported that the airplane's castering nose wheels, the slope at the edge of the runway, and the wet grass prevented him from correcting the drift. Subsequently, the airplane departed the left side of the runway and the left wing impacted a tree and separated from the fuselage. The pilot reported having accumulated a total of 43 flight hours in the accident make and model. An automated surface observing system located approximately 4 nautical miles east of the airport reported wind from 270 at 9 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.