# Incident 20120324003789I: Maule M-5-180C, Fayette, OH, March 24, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2012, 15:20 local time
- Place: Fayette, OH
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6728° N, 84.3284° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fayette, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6728&lon=-84.3284&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5659Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5659Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-180C (registry code 5460204, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5-180C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 447 total, 73 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120324003789I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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