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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI90LA195

1990-07-24 EAST TAWAS, Michigan, United States Airport · 6D9 None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N6VD

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

MAULE MX-7-235

Year of manufacture

1981 · 9 years old at event

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

5 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

20120430

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A7C46C

Registrant of record

ELLISON JEREMY

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

THE PRIVATE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

Factual narrative

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED SOME WIND SHEAR DURING THE FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING. HE STATED THAT SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN, A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRPLANE, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND IT GROUND LOOPED. THE PILOT HAD 170 HOURS TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING 131 HOURS IN THE ACCIDENT MAKE AND MODEL AIRCRAFT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1990_CHI90LA195.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (wind shear). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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