# Incident 19820721040049I: Maule M5220C, Great Falls, MT, July 21, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1982, 20:24 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5025° N, 111.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Great Falls, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5025&lon=-111.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51624, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51624-2000-11-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-235C (registry code 5460135, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5220C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 290 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820721040049I

## Narrative

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

TAIL WHEEL SPRING BROKE ON LANDING. TOWER SAW DUST CLOUD, ALERTED RESCUE VEHICLES. NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N51624 (2)

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

- [Incident 19810308024289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810308024289I), Mar 8, 1981: Maule M5220C (N51624), Stillwell, KS, Minor damage. During long downwind landing engine stopped when throttle applied. Made forced landing.
- [Accident 19791226033839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791226033839A), Dec 26, 1979: Maule M5220C (N51624), Vinita, OK, Minor damage. Made dusk landing on unlighted farm strip. Overshot, hit fence at end of strip.

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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