# Accident 20010525010199A: Maule M5235C, Salt Lake City, UT, May 25, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9181E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9181E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-235C (registry code 5460135, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5235C
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN01LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010525010199A

## Narrative

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

(-23)N9181E ENROUTE FROM NAMPA, ID (S67) TO SLC MUNI (U42) ON A VFR FLIGHT PLAN. ON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND TRANSITIONED INTO A GROUND LOOP.  THE AIRCRAFT EXITED RUNWAY 34 AND CAME TO REST ON THE WEST SHOULDER.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER.

## 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 DEN01LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN01LA104), May 25, 2001: Maule M-5-235C (N9181E), West Jordan, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot inadvertently flaring the airplane too high above the ground, resulting in a hard landing that sheared a bolt in the tail wheel assembly. This rendered directional control impossible and…

## Other reports on N9181E (2)

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

- [Incident 19821002059029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821002059029I), Oct 2, 1982: Maule M5235C (N9181E), Windsor, MO, Minor damage. Aircraft struck a ridge of dirt and rock at approach end of runway. Main gear struts sheared off.
- [Incident 19790303010859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790303010859I), Mar 3, 1979: Maule M5235C (N9181E), Santa Ana, CA, Minor damage. Left main collapsed while taxiing. Plane had been used in training and landing gear attach bolts were bent.

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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