# Incident 20090522011919I: Maule M5235C, Moline, KS, May 22, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2009, 10:50 local time
- Place: Moline, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3636° N, 96.3024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Moline, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3636&lon=-96.3024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5642V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5642V-2012-10-12) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 480 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090522011919I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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