deja vu?

sarangan

sarangan

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In 2008, N205MX, a Maule, bounced on landing, drifted to the left of the runway, went into into a ditch and was substantially damaged. This was in Idaho.

In 2024, the same Maule, bounced on landing, drifted to the left, hit a couple of airplanes and ended up in a ditch. This time it was in West Virgnia.

I had to read it three time to make sure I wasn't reading the same report.
 
Look at the upside. You just have to load the Maule on a trailer and haul to Georgia and the factory will rebuild like new. Try that with a Cessna.
 
The worst I can recall was a cabin class twin that had an accident. After it was repaired it was transported by truck to its base. On the way, it fell off the truck and was damaged again.
 
In the first one it was a lack of recent experience…apparently by the second one he was more experienced.
 
I've noticed this a lot in my homebuilt accident database. In fact, between 1998 and 2024, there were about 210 homebuilts that had more than one accident.

One Rotorway Exec had two drive belts failures, just two years apart. A Lancair landed gear up twice, about 12 years apart (the first was supposedly due to an electrical fault). A Rutan Defiant had *three* accidents in the span of three years. A Kitfox did the same, but the last two accidents were related to propeller pitch control. Saw a couple more "Triple Threat" cases, but over a much longer time interval.

And, keep in mind that the longer the time between, the more likely a different pilot was flying.


Ron Wanttaja
 
AZEL said:
Practice makes perfect.
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Seems so. Read one accident report where a pilot was badly injured in a crash. After release from the hospital, he drove to the airport, got in one of his other planes, and crashed it, too. Fatally, the second time.

Ron Wanttaja
 
MauleSkinner said:
In the first one it was a lack of recent experience…apparently by the second one he was more experienced.
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unless time travel was involved, I don't believe it was the same pilot. (59 year old pilot in 2008, 72 year old pilot in 2024?)

or did I read the reports wrong?
 
I'm just wondering if there's a note somewhere in the logs that says "left brake sticks a little sometimes".
 
What I found almost humorous was why it always went into a ditch and why always to the left. Why not into a fence, or a tree on the right side?
 
MauleSkinner said:
Time spent flying doesn’t count. ;)
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t_dilated = t_stationary / ((1 - (v**2 / c**2))**0.5)

So, it is completely doable. You would merely need to travel at ~ 198,294 km/s or 0.6614c. Santa does that.
 
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