# Incident 19791010052859I: Maule M5210C, Dodson, MT, October 10, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1979, 13:00 local time
- Place: Dodson, MT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.3941° N, 108.2450° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dodson, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.3941&lon=-108.2450&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51592, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51592) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-210C (registry code 5460134, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5210C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 350 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/19791010052859I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED IN A ROUGH FIELD, LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED. ENDED NOSE UP.

## Other reports on N51592 (1)

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

- [Accident 20230704014409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230704014409A), Jul 4, 2023: Maule M-5-210C (N51592), Tyonek, AK, Substantial damage. This landing accident occurred during the second landing of the day at the same general location. After the first landing, the airman walked the sand bar…

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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