# Accident 20210208003549A: Maule M-5-180C, Price, UT, February 8, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2021, 15:45 local time
- Place: Price, UT
- Airport: Carbon County Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6139° N, 110.7516° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6139&lon=-110.7516&mi=10
- Aircraft: N62055, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N62055-2023-09-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-180C (registry code 5460204, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-180c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5-180C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 710 total, 18 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210208003549A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 8, 2010, THE PILOT REPORTED WINDS WERE ABOUT 260 AT 10 KNOTS, FAVORING RWY33, DUE TO RWY26 BEING CLOSED AT THE TIME.  THE PILOT WAS NUMBER TWO IN LINE WHILE TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF.  THE AIRCRAFT HE WAS FOLLOWING TAXIED TO RWY1 AND DEPARTED, THE PILOT THEN FOLLOWED IN SUITE AND ATTEMPTED HIS TAKEOFF ON RWY1.  DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL, THE PILOT REPORTS BEING HIT BY A GUST OF WIND CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL AND GROUND LOOP THE AIRCRAFT.  THE ACCIDENT RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR21LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21LA112), Feb 8, 2021: Maule M-5-180C (N62055), Price, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, which resulted in a ground loop, runway excursion and collision with terrain.

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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