Maule M-5-235C accident near Lewisville, TX
On March 18, 2010, a Maule M-5-235C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Lewisville, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- March 18, 2010
- Place
- Lewisville, TX
- Aircraft
- Maule M-5-235C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 33.072°N, 96.981°W
- NTSB ID
- 20100318X30659
Official records · CEN10FA164
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 18, 2010, about 1600 central daylight time, a Maule M-5-235C, N56489, nosed over during a water landing on Lake Lewisville, Lewisville, Texas. The pilot sustained serious injuries and the passenger was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The local flight departed the Addison Airport (ADS), Dallas, Texas, around 1530. According to the pilot, as he approached for the “glassy water landing,” the airplane was performing normally. The airplane touched down with no skips or bounces and quickly nosed over and began to fill with water. The pilot attempted to kick the doors open, but was unable. He could not recall how he got out of the airplane, but remembered being in a boat. When asked about the position of the landing gear before landing, the pilot responded that he did not remember anything about the position of the landing gear. The pilot later reported that after his departure from ADS, he placed the landing gear position handle in the “UP” position. An eyewitness in a nearby boat observed the airplane nose over and stopped to assist the occupants. Once near the airplane he observed the pilot unconscious with his head underwater. He jumped in the water and pulled the pilot to his boat where he proceeded to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), until the pilot’s breathing was restored. Two witnesses riding eastbound on US Highway 380 reported that aro
Probable cause
The pilot did not retract the landing gear before a water landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot did not use a checklist.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
