# Accident 19801206070899A: Maule M5210C, Anchorage, AK, December 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1980, 14:10 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Point Mckenzie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62003, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N62003) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-210C (registry code 5460134, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5210C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,004 total, 1,680 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DAG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801206070899A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGERS PANICKED ON GO-AROUND. FEET STIFFENED ON RUDDER PEDALS. AIRPLANE VEERED INTO TREES.

## 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 ANC81DAG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DAG13), Dec 6, 1980: Maule M-5 (N62003), Anchorage, AK, destroyed

## Other reports on N62003 (1)

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

- [Accident 19820417009789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820417009789A), Apr 17, 1982: Maule M5210C (N62003), Kirbyville, TX, Substantial damage. Entered ground fog on landing. Flew into ground and flipped over. Had defective gyro horizon at start of flight.

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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