# Accident 19810531035629A: Maule M5235C, Dixie, ID, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 20:30 local time
- Place: Dixie, ID
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N5637H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5637H-1981-08-22) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 703 total, 534 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531035629A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK SIDE OF A BLIND CANYON WHILE IN A TURN. UNABLE TO OUTCLIMB RISING TERRAIN AFTER TAKEOFF.

## 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 SEA81FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FA039), May 31, 1981: Maule M5235C (N5637H), Dixie, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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