# Incident 20010101000079I: Maule M4220C, Fairbanks, AK, January 1, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 2001, 14:00 local time
- Place: Fairbanks, AK
- Airport: Fairbanks International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 64.8154° N, 147.8567° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FAIRBANKS INTL (FAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=64.8154&lon=-147.8567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2053U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2053U-2017-10-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-220C (registry code 5460114, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-220c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 220 (registry code 27041, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-220) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M4220C
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 6V350*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 82 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010101000079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LEFT AXLE ASSEMBLY ATTACHMENT BOLT BROKE. BOLT WAS PREVIOUSLY DAMAGED AND CORRODED. SKI AND AXLE ASSEMBLY DETACHED FROM LANDING GEAR STRUT WHILE IN FLIGHT. PILOT INITIATED EMERGENCY LANDING AT FAI. PILOT LANDED A/C WITH NO NOTABLE DAMAGE TO THE A/C OR LANDING GEAR. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N2053U (1)

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

- [Accident 19770814026769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770814026769A), Aug 14, 1977: Maule M4220C (N2053U), Hayward, CA, Substantial damage

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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