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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M5* · Beaufort, NC · August 24, 1990

Date
August 24, 1990 · 16:30 local
Place
Beaufort, NC
Airport
Beaufort Morehead City Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6180
Reported as
Maule M5*
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
100 total8 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Flared too high, aircraft dropped in hitting on right wing tip and then ground looping.

As the FAA filed it

FLARED TOO HIGH, AIRCRAFT DROPPED IN HITTING ON RIGHT WING TIP AND THEN GROUND LOOPING.