# Incident 20020611011339I: Maule M5235C, Sanford, ME, June 11, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2002, 10:30 local time
- Place: Sanford, ME
- Airport: Sanford Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4392° N, 70.7742° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sanford, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4392&lon=-70.7742&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5650R, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5650R) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-235C (registry code 5460135, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5235C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,390 total, 410 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020611011339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP AFTER LANDING ON GRASS AREA PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 32 AIRCRAFT CONTACTED TAXIWAY DIRECTION SIGN. PILOT STATED HE DID NOT SEE THE SIGN WHILE APPARENTLY DISTRACTED BY HIS PASSENGER. THE PROPELLER CONTACTED THE SIGN BUT THE PILOT STATED HE DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANYTHING OTHER THAN VISUALLY NOTICING THAT HE HAD HIT THE SIGN WITH THE FUSELAGE. THE LOWER REAR ENGINE COWLING RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PROPELLER WAS NOT DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N5650R (1)

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

- [Incident 19920801038359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920801038359I), Aug 1, 1992: Maule M5235C (N5650R), Sanbornville, NH, Minor damage. Pilot landed downwind. Lost control of aircraft. Right wing tip touched the ground.

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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