19781101023829I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M5180C · Ponce, Puerto Rico · November 1, 1978

Date
November 1, 1978 · 14:55 local
Place
Ponce, Puerto Rico
Airport
Mercedita
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9018E
Reported as
Maule M5180C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,550 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hard landing broke landing gear.

As the FAA filed it

HARD LANDING BROKE LANDING GEAR.