# Accident 19951117037759A: Maule M5210C, Houston, TX, November 17, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 1995, 19:09 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0009° N, 95.6697° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0009&lon=-95.6697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51593, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51593-2013-04-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-210C (registry code 5460134, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5210C
- Reported engine: CONT IO360D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW96FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951117037759A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED LOST GYROS. VECTOR FOR ILS NO GYRO TO AIRPORT. LOST CONTROL. AIRCRAFT NOT IFR CURRENT. VACUUM SHAFT BROKE.

## 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 FTW96FA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW96FA046), Nov 18, 1995: Maule M-5-210C (N51593), Cypress, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while flying in instrument meteorological conditions. Factors were the weather, and the failure of the airplane's vacuum pump which rendered the…

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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