- Date
- April 19, 1985, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Junction, TX
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5655NMaule M-5-180C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850419013729A
- Case key
- 21727
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After normal apch and landing the acft began vibrating when the tailwheel touched down. The acft became uncontrollable as the airspeed decreased below 30 KTS. Resulting in a ground loop and dragging of a wing tip. Investigation revealed that the tailwheel retention ass'y was loose. The plt had noticed the acft was hard to turn during taxi prior to takeoff and he added air to the tire. No other discrepancies were noted on the (tailwheel) ass'y and it operated normally when it was tightened.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5655N
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-180C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 8048C
- Airframe hours
- 200
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-C1F, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rays Flying Service
- Registered owner
- C. . Sage, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Departed
- T17 · Houston, TX
- Airport
- JCT · Kimble County, runway 17, 3,300 × 95 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,520 total · 13 in this make and model · 4,500 as pilot in command · 66 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.