# Accident 20060529008689A: Maule M5180C, Mount Pocono, PA, May 29, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2006, 15:45 local time
- Place: Mount Pocono, PA
- Airport: Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2333° N, 75.6167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2333&lon=-75.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5640S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5640S-2012-07-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-180C (registry code 5460204, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M5180C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 40 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060529008689A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 23 AT THE MT. POCONO AIRPORT (MPO) IN MT. POCONO, PA, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT WHEN THE TAIL WHEEL CONTACTED THE GROUND. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THE RIGHT SPRING ASSEMBLY ATTACHED TO THE TAIL WHEEL WAS DISCONNECTED FROM THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY. THE PILOT USED RIGHT RUDDER TO COUNTERACT THE LEFT TURN AND AS A RESULT, THE LEFT WING DIPPED, AND CONTACTED THE GROUND CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND AILERON ASSEMBLY. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE, WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES.

## 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 NYC06CA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA141), May 29, 2006: Maule M-5-180C (N5640S), Mount Pocono, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The disconnected tailwheel compression spring, which resulted in a loss of directional control.

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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