# Incident 20100415031669I: Maule M-5-220C, Gary, IN, April 15, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2010, 17:58 local time
- Place: Gary, IN
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5934° N, 87.3464° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gary, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5934&lon=-87.3464&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51621, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51621) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-220C (registry code 5460133, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-220c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6A-350SER (registry code 27023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6a-350ser) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5-220C
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A-350-C1
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 189 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100415031669I

## Narrative

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

N51621, MAULE M-5 AIRCRAFT, WAS ENROUTE FROM KJXN TO KCNC WITH ONE(1) PILOT AND THREE(3) PASSENGERS. HAD JUST TERMINATED FLIGHT FOLLOWING FROM AZO AND RECEIVED PREMISSION TO OVERFLY KGYY AIRSPACE WHEN ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. BEING IN CRUISE CONFIGURATION (25 SQUARE), PILOT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE & FULL PROP. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ROUGH AND BEGAN LOSING POWER. AT THAT POINT, PILOT OBSERVED OIL PRESSURE RAPIDLY DECREASING AND OIL TEMPERATURE INCREASING. PILOT THEN NOTIFIED GYY TOWER OF DISTRESS. GYY TOWER CLEARED AIRCRAFT TO LAND ANY RUNWAY. PILOT ADVISED GYY TOWER UNABLE TO MAKE RUNWAY AND WOULD BE LANDING ON THE BEACH. UPON LANDING, ENGINE SHUT DOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND ROLLED-OUT WITHOUT INCIDENT. ALL FOUR OCCUPANTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY OR FURTHER INCIDENT. UPON ARRIVAL OF FAA INVESTIGATING PERSONNEL, NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO AIRCRAFT OR SURROUNDING PROPERTY. NO VISABLE DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO AIRCRAFT ENGINE OR ASSOC. ACCESSORIES. FUEL SAMPLES WERE NORMAL WITH NO NOTED COMTAMINATES AND FUEL QUANTITY WAS NOT AN ISSUE AS THERE WAS FULL OUTER TANKS AND INNER TANKS CONTAINED APPROX 1/4 FULL. THERE WAS NOTED A SMALL AMOUNT OF OIL DRIPPING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SPRAYED/STREAKING  ALONG BOTTOM SIDE OF FUSELAGE TRAILING AFT. INVESTIGATING OFFICIAL WAS ABLE TO ROTATE PROP THROUGH ONE(1) FULL REVOLUTION. NO ABNORMAL NOISES WERE HEARD AND MAGNETO IMPLUSE COUPLING WAS HEARD AND APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY. AT COMPLETION OF INVESTIGATION, AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED FROM FAA CONTROL TO OWNER FOR REMOVAL AND TRANSPORT FROM BEACH.

## Other reports on N51621 (1)

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

- [Accident 20040727017349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040727017349A), Jul 27, 2004: Maule M5220C (N51621), Fairbanks, AK, Minor damage. (-23) [privacy data omitted] on 7-26-04 pilot in command, averon j. rosser had departed the bettles, Alaska airport in his M-5 Maule aircraft, N51621. While…

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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