# Accident 19790507016129A: Maule M5235C, Greenville, KY, May 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1979, 20:30 local time
- Place: Greenville, KY
- Airport: Muhlenberg Co
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2262° N, 87.1564° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUHLENBERG COUNTY (M21), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2262&lon=-87.1564&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9101E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9101E-2013-05-17) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 total, 75 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79DLQ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DLQ16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790507016129A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGER DEPLANED, WALKED INTO IDLING PROPELLOR. PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL.

## 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 IAD79DLQ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DLQ16), May 7, 1979: Maule M-5 (N9101E), Greenville, KY, no damage

## Other reports on N9101E (1)

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

- [Accident 19820823044519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820823044519A), Aug 23, 1982: Maule M5235C (N9101E), Mcneal, AZ, Substantial damage. Landed long on short grass strip. Ground looped to avoid fence at end of strip and collapsed the left main 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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