# NTSB investigations: Maule M-5-180C: Loss of control - on ground/water

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB NYC06CA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA141.md): Maule M-5-180C · Mount Pocono, PA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 29, 2006 · N5640S · Substantial damage
  > The disconnected tailwheel compression spring, which resulted in a loss of directional control.
- [NTSB NYC02LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02LA079.md): Maule M-5-180C · Bennington, VT · Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 31, 2002 · N711JR · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing. A factor in this accident was the crosswind condition.
- [NTSB CHI01LA224](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA224.md): Maule M-5-180C · Houghton Lake, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 22, 2001 · N56646 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff run. A factor relating to this accident was the trees.
- [NTSB FTW91LA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW91LA102.md): Maule M-5-180C · Lancaster, TX · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 18, 1991 · N56583 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing. A factor was the gusting winds.
- [NTSB MIA88LA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA017.md): Maule M-5-180C · Madison, MS · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 22, 1987 · N56583 · Substantial damage
  > The plt stated that during the landing roll the acft began to veer off towards the left side of the rwy. Full rt rudder would not correct this. The acft then left the rwy, ground looped, & as a result the rt main gear collapsed & the tailwheel separated from…
- [NTSB DEN87LA099](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN87LA099.md): Maule M-5-180 · Erie, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 15, 1987 · N84KG · Substantial damage
  > The private plt had completed a landing from a business flt. On landing roll a strong wind gust from the left caused the aircraft to turn left. The plt added full pwr and the acft departed the rwy to the left. The acft was turned back to the right and crossed…
- [NTSB SEA86LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA086.md): Maule M5-180C · Sand Point, ID · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 30, 1986 · N119JC · Substantial damage
  > While attempting to take off in strong gusty crosswinds, the plt lost control of the acft. The acft veered off the rwy, struck a fence post, and nosed over inverted. The reported winds at coeur d'alene, ID, 33 nmi ssw of Sand Point, were reported as being…
- [NTSB SEA85LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA85LA139.md): Maule M-5-180C · Ontario, OR · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 15, 1985 · N5652W · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that when he landed, the wind was gusting to 25 KTS. He stated that when the acft touched down, it encountered a whirlwind that lifted the tail. Subsequently, the acft nosed over & was damaged. According to the 1700 PDT wx observation at…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('5460204', '5470006')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 260))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=5460204&occurrence=260

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