# Incident 19781101023829I: Maule M5180C, Ponce, Puerto Rico, November 1, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 1, 1978, 14:55 local time
- Place: Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Mercedita
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.0088° N, 66.5645° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERCEDITA (PSE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.0088&lon=-66.5645&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9018E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9018E-1997-03-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-235C (registry code 5460135, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5180C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,550 total, 0 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/19781101023829I

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING BROKE LANDING GEAR.

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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