# Incident 20000925029569I: Maule M5180C, San Andreas, CA, September 25, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2000, 16:00 local time
- Place: San Andreas, CA
- Airport: Calaveras Co-Maury Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1927° N, 120.6732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Andreas, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1927&lon=-120.6732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5659P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5659P) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 900 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000925029569I

## Narrative

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

(-23)DURING THE TAKE-OFF ROLL, PILOT ENCOUNTERED A STRONG GUST OF WIND. INITIALLY, AIRCRAFT DID NOT REACT FAST ENOUGH FOR HIS CORRECTIONS WHICH AT A LATER MOMENT CAUSE HIM TO  OVER CORRECT.  AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO TAILWHEEL AND WINGTIP.

## Other reports on N5659P (1)

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

- [Incident 19850425027529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850425027529I), Apr 25, 1985: Maule M5180C (N5659P), Tallahasee, FL, Minor damage. Brake locked during rollout, aircraft veered and tipped onto nose. Factory test flight.

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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