Incident Overview
On July 5, 2011, at 0800 eastern daylight time, a Maule MXT-7-180A, registration N800NH, operated by a student pilot, collided with a fence while performing an aborted landing at Barnhardt Memorial Airport (3OH0) in New Carlisle, Ohio. The pilot was not injured, and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the horizontal stabilizer and fuselage.
Flight Details
The flight was conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The airplane's last departure was from Moraine Airpark (I73) in Dayton, Ohio.
Pilot Report
The pilot reported that he landed fast and long, touching down about halfway down the 2,000-foot-long grass runway. The airplane's brakes were ineffective on the dew-covered grass, prompting the pilot to initiate an aborted landing. During the aborted landing, the landing gear contacted a three-foot-high wire fence at the end of the runway. The airplane continued to travel approximately 40 feet, and the right horizontal stabilizer and right main landing gear contacted a fence post. Subsequently, the airplane impacted the terrain.
Mechanical Condition
The pilot reported that there were no mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane prior to the accident.