# Accident 19880424023069A: Maule M5210C, Bend, OR, April 24, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1988, 17:05 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7002° N, 120.7207° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7002&lon=-120.7207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N312X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N312X-2012-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-210C (registry code 5460134, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5210C
- Reported engine: CONT IO360D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 851 total, 476 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA88FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88FA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880424023069A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SIDE OF A CLOUD OBSCURED RIDGE WHILE TRYING TO FOLLOW A HIGHWAY UNDER LOW CEILING FOG AND SNOW SHOWERS.

## 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 SEA88FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88FA084), Apr 25, 1988: Maule M5-210C (N312X), Bend, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N312X (1)

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

- [Accident 19821024055069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821024055069A), Oct 24, 1982: Maule M5210C (N312X), Madras, OR, Substantial damage. Pilot landed in small grass field, used brakes too abruptly causing aircraft to flip inverted.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.