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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maule M-5-235C · Kelso, WA · February 8, 1981

Date
February 8, 1981 · 15:30 local
Place
Kelso, WA
Airport
Kelso
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5634M
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81DYE14
Reported as
Maule M5235C
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,300 total225 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Ground-looped on landing roll when steerable rudder went limp. Found spring clip cable to rudder horn broken.

As the FAA filed it

GROUND-LOOPED ON LANDING ROLL WHEN STEERABLE RUDDER WENT LIMP. FOUND SPRING CLIP CABLE TO RUDDER HORN BROKEN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.