# Accident 20151025017879A: Maule M-5-210TC, Goodland, KS, October 25, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2015, 15:20 local time
- Place: Goodland, KS
- Airport: Renner Field/Goodland Municipa
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3707° N, 101.6987° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RENNER FLD/GOODLAND MUNI (GLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3707&lon=-101.6987&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5638K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5638K-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-210TC (registry code 5460140, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-210tc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming T0-360 series (registry code 41528, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t0-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5-210TC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING T0-360
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 10,400 total, 7,000 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151025017879A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 23, FOR AN INTERMEDIATE FUEL STOP, ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. WIND WAS RECORDED APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO AND AFTER THE ATTEMPTED LANDING AT 180 DEGREES AT 18 NAUTICAL MILES PER HOUR AND 190 DEGREES AT 16 NAUTICAL MILES PER HOUR, RESPECTIVELY.

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT TURNED TOWARDS THE DIRECTION OF THE WIND AND THE LEFT WING RAISED, CAUSING THE RIGHT WING TO IMPACT THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE BRIEFLY AND TOUCHED DOWN INVERTED, WITH THE AIRCRAFT FACING APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES FROM THE LANDING DIRECTION.

THE AIRCRAFT VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER, AND MOTOR MOUNT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER SHOWED EVIDENCE OF ROTATION UPON GROUND STRIKE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N5638K (1)

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

- [Incident 19960713024949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960713024949I), Jul 13, 1996: Maule M5210C (N5638K), Arlington, WA, Minor damage. Narrative: while landing on runway 34 during the Arlington fly-in the aircraft ground looped damaging the right main gear. No injuries, two passengers aboard,…

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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