Maule MX7 N591SB

Summary

On 10 November 2016 at about 19:45 local time, a Maule MX7 registered N591SB was involved in an accident near Port Aransas, 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

10 November 2016 at 19:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Port Aransas, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Mustang Beach (RAS)

Coordinates

27.8122, -97.0894

Aircraft

Maule MX7

Registration

N591SB

Category

Airplane

Year built

2008

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Portland → Port Aransas

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

GAA17CA068

Nobody was injured.

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during landing with a crosswind.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot of the tailwheel-equipped airplane reported that during the landing roll the airplane encountered wind gusts. The pilot further reported that his "attention evidently wandered" and he did not correct for the wind gusts quick enough. Subsequently, the airplane weather vaned into the wind and ground looped. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. A review of the local weather on the airfield, about the time of the accident, recorded the wind from 030 degrees true, at 14 nautical miles per hour (knots). The pilot landed on runway 30.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.