# Incident 19810801061849I: Maule M5235C, El Cajon, CA, August 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1981, 12:55 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5631D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5631D-1993-05-14) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 50 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810801061849I

## Narrative

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

BANNER TOWLINE FOULED RUDDER. UNABLE TO CLIMB. LANDED IN FIELD. LEFT GEAR FELL IN HOLE. DAMAGED GEAR AND WING TIP.

## Other reports on N5631D (1)

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

- [Accident 19790303004049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790303004049A), Mar 3, 1979: Maule M5235C (N5631D), New Port Richey, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot bounced aircraft on landing. Drifted off side of runway,landed, and struck embankment. Flipped over.

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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