# Incident 20210707012749I: Maule M-5-210C, Anchorage, AK, July 7, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 2021, 15:43 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.1618° N, 149.9862° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.1618&lon=-149.9862&mi=10
- Aircraft: N349X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N349X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-5-210C (registry code 5460134, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-210c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5-210C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 100 total, 20 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC21LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210707012749I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS CONDUCTING OFF AIRPORT TRAINING. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS IN ANOTHER AIRCRAFT OBSERVING AND INSTRUCTING. PILOT WAS CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS ON SAND BARS. PILOT WANTED TO STOP AS HE FELT HE DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO DEPART. THE INSTRUCTOR ADVISED HIM TO CONTINUE THE DEPARTURE. PILOT CONTINUE THE DEPARTURE AND LANDING GEAR HIT A LOG TOWARDS THE END OF THE STRIP. THEY PERFORMED AN AERIAL OBSERVATION OF THE GEAR AND ASSESSED THE DAMAGE. THEY FLEW TO LHD, NOTIFIED ATC OF DAMAGE. LANDED AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE, CUT ENGINE ON TOUCH DOWN. LEFT SIDE GEAR FOLDED IN, AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON NOSE. DAMAGE WAS TO LEFT GEAR AND SCRATCHES TO THE ENGINE COWLING. NO OTHER DAMAGE.

## 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 ANC21LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC21LA058), Jul 7, 2021: Maule M-5-210C (N349X), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s impact with a log while dragging an off-airport landing site.

## Other reports on N349X (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20010706015899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010706015899A), Jul 6, 2001: Maule M5210C (N349X), Big Creek, ID, No damage. (-23) On the rollout after landing at Big Creek airstrip, the pilot claims that a strong left quartering headwind forced his aircraft to weather vane into the…
- [Incident 19980517009639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980517009639I), May 17, 1998: Maule M5210C (N349X), Clinton, MD, Minor damage. After touchdown swerved left off runway dragged rt wing tip. Imposed sideloads caused rt gear to collapse.

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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