# Accident 19790421005479A: Maule M5235C, Daybrook, WV, April 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1979, 18:30 local time
- Place: Daybrook, WV
- Airport: Chisler
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6665° N, 80.2131° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Daybrook, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6665&lon=-80.2131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5630Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5630Y-2013-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-235C (registry code 5460135, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 83 in this make and model, 114 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FIJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIJ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790421005479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED ON DIRT STRIP. BOUNCED, LOST CONTROL, RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY DOWN A STEEP HILL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB IAD79FIJ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FIJ05), Apr 21, 1979: Maule M5-235 (N5630Y), Daybrook, WV, substantial damage

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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