# Incident 20200501005629I: Maule M-4-220C, Monroe, MI, May 1, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2020, 15:00 local time
- Place: Monroe, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9166° N, 83.3843° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monroe, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9166&lon=-83.3843&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40309, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40309) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-4-220C (registry code 5460114, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-4-220c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 6V 350 series (registry code 27043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-6v-350-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-4-220C
- Reported engine: FRANKLIN 6A 350 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200501005629I

## Narrative

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

FROM PIC -

DURING A SHORT FLIGHT ON FRIDAY MAY 1, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN A LITTLE ROUGH ON MY PLANE (N40309, MAULE M4-220C).

ON FINAL I DECIDED TO LAND IN THE GRASS AREA WEST OF THE 3/21 RUNWAY THINKING IF THE MOTOR STALLED WHEN PULLING POWER THAT I WOULD BE CLEAR OF THE INCOMING TRAFFIC.

THERE WAS ANOTHER PLANE IN THE PATTERN AT THE TIME.

DURING MY LANDING ROLL OUT I HIT A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT I DID NOT SEE. THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.