Maule M-5-180C accident near Emory, TX
On November 30, 2010, a Maule M-5-180C (airplane) was involved in an accident near Emory, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 30, 2010
- Place
- Emory, TX
- Aircraft
- Maule M-5-180C · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.913°N, 95.743°W
- NTSB ID
- 20101130X23757
Official records · CEN11LA086
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 30, 2010, approximately 1350 central standard time (cst), a Maule M5-180C, N244RC, registered to and operated by the pilot, was destroyed when control was lost on landing and the airplane impacted terrain at a private airstrip near Emory, Texas. Visual meteorological conditions (VMC) prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot, the sole occupant on board, was fatally injured. The local flight originated at Durant, Oklahoma, approximately 1230. The pilot’s son told Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors that his father departed Emory at 0900 that morning, and flew to Bonham, Texas, to have lunch with a friend. His pilot called his son between 1100 and 1200 and told him he was going to fly to Durant, Oklahoma, to pick up several boxes of peanuts that he was going to give as Christmas presents. When the son called his father between 1230 and 1300, the pilot was still in Durant and he expressed concern about the high winds in Durant and Emory. A witness who was sitting at his kitchen table saw the airplane land. He said the airplane bounced once, wobbled left and right, came back down and bounced again. The airplane then pulled up as power was applied to about 100 feet, wobbled left and right, then banked hard to the left and spun into the ground. It remained upright until it caught fire, then it fell onto its back. The witness's house was located approximately 1,500 to 2,000 feet from the airstrip cente
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control and failure to attain/maintain adequate airspeed during an attempted go-around after a hard bounced landing, resulting in an aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s recent minimal experience in airplane make/model and in operations at the grass airstrip.
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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.
