# Incident 19811024076379I: Maule M5210C, Ft Pierce, FL, October 24, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 24, 1981, 16:45 local time
- Place: Ft Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N339X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N339X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-210C (registry code 5460134, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5210C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 200 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811024076379I

## Narrative

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

NO LEFT BRAKE ON TAXI FOR TAKE OFF.LOCKED RIGHT BRAKES USED POWER.SIDE STRESS COLLAPSED GEAR.BRAKE LINE SEPARATED.

## Other reports on N339X (2)

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

- [Accident 20251210018899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251210018899A), Dec 10, 2025: Maule M-5-210C (N339X), Eureka, MT, Substantial damage. The pilot reported landing “too fast” with a light crosswind. During the landing rollout, the right wing lifted and the left wing dropped; the left wing…
- [Accident 20040326004132A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040326004132A), Mar 26, 2004: Maule M5210C (N339X), Denver, CO, Substantial damage. (-23) On March 26, 2004 at approximately 1150 local time at jefferson county airport (bjc) in VFR meteorological conditions at the run-up area off the "a"…

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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