# Incident 19780508032649I: Maule M5210C, Buckland, AK, May 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 1978, 18:15 local time
- Place: Buckland, AK
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 65.9771° N, 161.1396° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Buckland, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=65.9771&lon=-161.1396&mi=10
- Aircraft: N371X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N371X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-210C (registry code 5460134, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5210C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 193 total, 193 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780508032649I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ON LANDING. RAN OFF RUNWAY INTO DITCH.

## Other reports on N371X (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790330013019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790330013019I), Mar 30, 1979: Maule M5210C (N371X), Buckland, AK, Minor damage. Landed with skis on snow cleared frozen lake runway. Left gear hit a snow hump, collapsed.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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