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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-5-235C · Moline, KS · May 22, 2009

Date: May 22, 2009 · 10:50 local
Place: Moline, KS
Phase of flight: Maneuver
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N5642V
Reported as: Maule M5235C
Reported engine: Lycoming O540*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 550 total480 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N5642VRegistration cancelled Oct 12, 2012 · Maule M-5-235CS/N 7348C · Built 1980 Airframe modelMaule M-5-235C Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On may 22, 2009, the pilot and sole occupant of a Maule M-5 aircraft departed from a private landing area at a rock quarry. The pilot performed a tear drop turn to reverse course, intending to make a low pass in the opposite direction at the strip he had just departed. Approximately one quarter mile prior to reaching the airstrip, while making the turn and in a left bank, the aircraft struck two high voltage power line cables. The pilot then returned to the private landing area and landed without further incident. The aircraft suffered minor damage and there were no injuries reported. The power line cables were both severed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON MAY 22, 2009, THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF A MAULE M-5 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM A PRIVATE LANDING AREA AT A ROCK QUARRY. THE PILOT PERFORMED A TEAR DROP TURN TO REVERSE COURSE, INTENDING TO MAKE A LOW PASS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AT THE STRIP HE HAD JUST DEPARTED. APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER MILE PRIOR TO REACHING THE AIRSTRIP, WHILE MAKING THE TURN AND IN A LEFT BANK, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK TWO HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE CABLES. THE PILOT THEN RETURNED TO THE PRIVATE LANDING AREA AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED. THE POWER LINE CABLES WERE BOTH SEVERED.