Maule M-5-210C N6617R

Summary

On 11 August 2013 at about 16:00 local time, a Maule M-5-210C registered N6617R, operated by Moore Thomas R, was involved in an accident near Verona, New York, 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

11 August 2013 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Verona, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Bates Field (NONE)

Coordinates

43.1100, -75.5431

Aircraft

Maule M-5-210C

Registration

N6617R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Moore Thomas R

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Rome → Hamilton

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA13CA369

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s delay in applying power after a bounced landing, resulting in collision with terrain during a go-around.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot stated after takeoff while en route to the destination airport he elected to fly to a private airstrip (Bates Field) located in rolling farmland. He lined up onto base leg for landing to the northwest on the upslope grass runway, and turned onto final approach. With 40 degrees of flaps extended, he identified the intended touchdown point, flared, and then climbed to attain the intended touchdown point. He landed, “but too hard and bounced up…,” touched down on the runway, and drifted off the runway into 6 to 8 inch high grass. He added power to abort the landing but impacted a knoll at the top of a crest on a hill, then continued climbing. While safely airborne he assessed the condition of the airplane noting the pilot and co-pilot doors were ajar, but did not find any other damage. He flew over the private airstrip and did not observe any damage then elected to proceed to his destination airport, where he landed uneventfully. While taxiing after landing he noticed the left landing gear was out of position. He further stated there was no preimpact mechanical failure or malfunction that caused the hard landing. Inspection of the airplane by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed damage and distortion to structural tubing in the cockpit, and wrinkles in the fabric adjacent to the left main landing gear.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.