Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 300; Flight Crew Total 13000; Flight Crew Type 700
Other / Unknown
Ground Excursion Runway; Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control
Aircraft Aircraft Damaged; Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Aircraft; Human Factors
On landing; aircraft departed to side of an unimproved strip; went through a few feet of a corn field; and then returned to runway. The aircraft was inspected for damage; with only a minor dent on the underside of the airframe. Engine cowl was removed and engine inspected for foreign objects. No propeller damage was noted; and leaves; etc; were removed from around the engine. Then took off and flew the aircraft back to home base. Although the aircraft flew ok; in hindsight; I should have grounded the aircraft until a more thorough inspection of the aircraft could have been accomplished by a qualified A&P.
Maule pilot reports a runway excursion into a corn field during landing at an unimproved strip. The aircraft is inspected and leaves removed from the cowling then flown back to home base.