# Incident 20170601007879I: Maule M-5-235C, Heber Springs, AR, June 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 2017, 21:45 local time
- Place: Heber Springs, AR
- Airport: Heber Springs Municipal Airpor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5117° N, 92.0130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HEBER SPRINGS MUNI/CHARLIE EVANS FLD (HBZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5117&lon=-92.0130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555AR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5-235C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,195 total, 77 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170601007879I

## Narrative

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

ON 6/01/2017 AT 2145 CDT, N555AR, A MAULE M05-235C AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO KELLER CROP SURVEILLANCE LLC AND OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT; PILOT WAS LANDING RWY23L @ KHBZ (HEBER SPRINGS, AR) ENCOUNTERED LANDING LIGHT MALFUNCTIONS (CIRCUIT BREAKER DISENGAGING EACH TIME IT WAS RESET) AND DURING THIRD ATTEMPT AT LANDING AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD STRIKING PROP. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE NO OTHER NOTED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THIS FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER IFR CONDITIONS, NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS INITIATED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 5AR7 (WEINER, AR). THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

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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