# NTSB FTW86LA056: Maule M-5-235C, N56366, West, TX, April 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 1, 1986, 11:05 local (17:05 UTC)
- Place: West, TX
- Coordinates: 31.800178, -97.089355 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8002&lon=-97.0894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22007
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86LA056
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22007/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86LA056

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
  - emergency procedure - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED HAVING AN ENGINE FAILURE AT 2,500 FEET WHILE ENROUTE TO DALLAS, TX FROM MCALLEN, TX. HE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD THREE MILES WEST OF WEST, TX. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE MAIN GEAR AND PROPELLER. THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE IS UNDETERMINED. THE PILOT/OPERATOR FORM 6120.1 HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N56366](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N56366), registered now, S/N 7308C, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5-235C
- Registry model: [Maule M-5-235C](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-235c) (registry code 5460135) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-540-J1A5D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-540-j1a5d) (registry code 42354, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7308C
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J1A50 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Neal Murray
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: MFE, MCALLEN, TX
- Destination: DAL, DALLAS, TX
- Airport: Waco

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 899 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: WACO, 17 nm away

## Other investigations on N56366 (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 ANC07CA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC07CA076), Aug 8, 2007: Maule M-5-235 (N56366), Talkeetna, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student while landing, which resulted in an undershoot and an in-flight collision with an object. Factors contributing to the accident are the…

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.

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