# Accident 19810208003079A: Maule M5235C, Kelso, WA, February 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Kelso, WA
- Airport: Kelso
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.1168° N, 122.8865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kelso, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.1168&lon=-122.8865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5634M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5634M-1989-11-20) (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: 1,300 total, 225 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81DYE14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYE14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810208003079A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 SEA81DYE14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81DYE14), Feb 8, 1981: Maule M-5 (N5634M), Kelso, WA, substantial damage

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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