# NTSB LAX82DA312: Maule M-5-235C, N9101E, Mcneal, AZ, August 23, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 23, 1982, 10:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place: Mcneal, AZ
- Coordinates: 31.549869, -109.690132 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.5499&lon=-109.6901&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 23, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71635
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA312
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71635/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA312

## Sequence of events

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

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (cause)
  - flight into known adverse weather - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload
  - ground loop/swerve - intentional, pilot in command

## Analysis

A PILOT CAME IN LOW WITH 6 KNOT TAILWIND, GAVE A THROTTLE BURST CLEAR A FENCE, THEN LANDED 3/4 WAY DOWN A 1,000 FOOT STRIP AND GROUND LOOPED TO AVOID A FENCE. THE SWERVE COLLAPSED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9101E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9101E-2013-05-17), registration cancelled 2013-05-17, S/N 7096C, built 1977 (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 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 7096C
- Airframe hours: 630
- Engines: LYCOMING O-540-J1A5D 235 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Knipp Brothers, Inc.
- Registered owner: Knipp Brothers, Inc.
- Departed: P37, GLENDALE, AZ
- Destination: LE SUER, MN
- Airport: runway 35, 1,000 × 500 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 26; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,568 total, 2,514 as pilot in command, 166 in the last 90 days, 61 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 176 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DUG, 10 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820823044519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820823044519A), Aug 23, 1982: Maule M5235C, Mcneal, AZ, Substantial damage. Landed long on short grass strip. Ground looped to avoid fence at end of strip and collapsed the left main gear.

## Other investigations on N9101E (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 IAD79DLQ16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79DLQ16), May 7, 1979: Maule M-5 (N9101E), Greenville, KY, no damage

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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