20251210018899A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Maule M-5-210C · Eureka, MT · December 10, 2025

Date
December 10, 2025 · 18:30 local
Place
Eureka, MT
Airport
Eureka
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N339X
Reported as
Maule M-5-210C
Reported engine
Continental IO-360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
877 total498 in this make and model

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.

The pilot reported landing “too fast” with a light crosswind. During the landing rollout, the right wing lifted and the left wing dropped; the left wing contacted the pavement. The aircraft subsequently ground-looped and departed the runway into a ditch on the west side of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED LANDING “TOO FAST” WITH A LIGHT CROSSWIND. DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE RIGHT WING LIFTED AND THE LEFT WING DROPPED; THE LEFT WING CONTACTED THE PAVEMENT. THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY GROUND-LOOPED AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY INTO A DITCH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.

Other reports on N339X · 2

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