# Incident 20200711012199I: Maule M-5-235C, Alamogordo, NM, July 11, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2020, 11:50 local time
- Place: Alamogordo, NM
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8836° N, 105.9636° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alamogordo, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8836&lon=-105.9636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6241M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6241M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-235C (registry code 5460135, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5-235C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-540 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 480 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200711012199I

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 11, 2019, AT 1150 MDT, A MAULE M-5-235C, N6241M, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TRUSTEE, SUFFERED A COLLAPSE OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AFTER A HARD LANDING AT ALAMAGORDO-WHITE SANDS REGIONAL AIRPORT, ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO (ALM) WHILE ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM YOAKUM COUNTY AIRPORT (5TXO) PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, ON JULY 11, 2020, AT 0815.

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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