Maule M5 N32CX

Summary

On 26 October 2006 at about 22:00 local time, a Maule M5 registered N32CX was involved in an accident near New Braunfels, Texas, 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

26 October 2006 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

New Braunfels, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

New Braunfels Muni (3R5)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Maule M5

Registration

N32CX

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New Braunfels → New Braunfels

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW07CA015

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the right main landing gear attachment during the landing roll, which resulted in a ground loop. A contributing factor was a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The private pilot was returning to the airport in the tail-wheeled airplane. He reported that he executed a normal approach to runway 17 for a full- stop landing. He stated that the wind at the time of the landing was reported as 250 degrees at 8 knots. During the landing roll, the airplane drifted to the left side of the runway. stated that he made a "slight correction with right rudder," but the airplane's right wing "continued down and the aircraft [began] to turn hard right." He attempted to regain directional control by adding power, but the right main landing gear collapsed, and the right wing and the propeller contacted the ground. The airplane ground looped which, resulted in structural damage to the right wing. Examination of the landing gear by an aircraft mechanic revealed that the right landing gear strut attachment point was corroded and cracked.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.