# Accident 19910618022419A: Maule M5180C, Lancaster, TX, June 18, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1991, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Airport: Lancaster Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5893° N, 96.7808° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5893&lon=-96.7808&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56583, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56583) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-180C (registry code 5460204, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5180C
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1F
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,815 total, 1,470 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW91LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910618022419A

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON LANDING. LOST CONTROL AND GROUND LOOPED. HAD 10 KNOT CROSSWIND.

## 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 FTW91LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA102), Jun 18, 1991: Maule M-5-180C (N56583), Lancaster, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO RECOVER FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. A FACTOR WAS THE GUSTING WINDS.

## Other reports on N56583 (3)

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

- [Incident 19971017031429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971017031429I), Oct 17, 1997: Maule M5180C (N56583), Broxtan, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot, charles m. williams, jr., landed on a private grass strip which was 700 feet long and 200 feet wide. He stated that he saw the house which…
- [Accident 19871022060319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871022060319A), Oct 22, 1987: Maule M5180C (N56583), Madison, MS, Substantial damage. Lost directional control on the landing roll and ground looped off the runway.
- [Incident 19851225070029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851225070029I), Dec 25, 1985: Maule M5180C (N56583), Jackson, MS, Minor damage. Failed to release parking brake and on landing damaged propeller and bottom of engine cowling.

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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