# Accident 19800708024389A: Maule M5235C, Klamath Falls, OR, July 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1980, 17:22 local time
- Place: Klamath Falls, OR
- Airport: Kingsley
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2158° N, 121.7758° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Klamath Falls, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2158&lon=-121.7758&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369DG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369DG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-235C (registry code 5460135, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5235C
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 279 total, 148 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA80DYK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYK09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800708024389A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DELAYED ON FINAL APPROACH BY DEPARTING AIRCRAFT. MADE HARD LANDING AND LOST CONTROL, CRASHING ON RUNWAY.

## 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 SEA80DYK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA80DYK09), Jul 8, 1980: Maule M-5 (N369DG), Klamath Falls, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N369DG (1)

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

- [Incident 19871018066289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871018066289I), Oct 18, 1987: Maule M5235C (N369DG), Duluth, MN, Minor damage. Damage to the right wingtip after a crosswind landing.

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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