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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Maule M-5-235C · Bakersfield, CA · June 9, 2020

Date: June 9, 2020 · 09:13 local
Place: Bakersfield, CA
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N384X
Reported as: Maule M-5-235C
Reported engine: Lycoming 0-540 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot

N384XRegistered now · Maule M-5-235CS/N 7025C · Built 1976 Airframe modelMaule M-5-235C Engine modelLycoming 0-540 seriesReciprocating

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.

After aircraft landed without incident, tower advised aircraft to exit off taxiway e. pilot initiated turn and lost control of the aircraft which resulted in the aircraft losing control resulting in the aircraft making an uncommanded u-turn which caused the aircraft to strike a taxiway sign. Pilot stated he was traveling too fast to make taxiway e and should have continued the rollout prior to turning.

As the FAA filed it

AFTER AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT, TOWER ADVISED AIRCRAFT TO EXIT OFF TAXIWAY E. PILOT INITIATED TURN AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WHICH RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT LOSING CONTROL RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT MAKING AN UNCOMMANDED U-TURN WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE A TAXIWAY SIGN. PILOT STATED HE WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST TO MAKE TAXIWAY E AND SHOULD HAVE CONTINUED THE ROLLOUT PRIOR TO TURNING.