# Incident 19881027059939I: Maule M6235, El Paso, TX, October 27, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 1988, 10:18 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56555, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56555) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-6-235 (registry code 5460160, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-6-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M6235
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 770 total, 270 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881027059939I

## Narrative

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

WAKE TURBULENCE ON LANDING. LOST CONTROL,WING TIP HIT RUNWAY AND AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED.ATC ADVISED WAKE TURBULENCE

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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