# Accident 19810420017329A: Maule M4210C, Sandia, TX, April 20, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1981, 10:45 local time
- Place: Sandia, TX
- Airport: Arrowhead
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.1156° N, 97.9308° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARROWHEAD (79TE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1156&lon=-97.9308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51452, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51452-2013-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-210C (registry code 5460112, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4210C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,273 total, 42 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRG30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810420017329A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF WHEN ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. AIRPLANE WAS DEMOLISHED.

## 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 FTW81DRG30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRG30), Apr 20, 1981: Maule M4-210 (N51452), Sandia, TX, destroyed

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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