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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-5-180C · Fayette, OH · March 24, 2012

Date
March 24, 2012 · 15:20 local
Place
Fayette, OH
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5659Z
Reported as
Maule M-5-180C
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
447 total73 in this make and model37 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Airman landed above aircraft in the middle of a wet, unapproved field and was unable to stop before reaching a plowed section. As aircrfat departed the grass field and onto the plowed section, the main wheels had sunk into the mud which caused the aircrft to flip forward onto its back.

As the FAA filed it

AIRMAN LANDED ABOVE AIRCRAFT IN THE MIDDLE OF A WET, UNAPPROVED FIELD AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP BEFORE REACHING A PLOWED SECTION. AS AIRCRFAT DEPARTED THE GRASS FIELD AND ONTO THE PLOWED SECTION, THE MAIN WHEELS HAD SUNK INTO THE MUD WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRFT TO FLIP FORWARD ONTO ITS BACK.