- Date
- January 5, 1989, 16:15 local (Jan 6, 1989, 00:15 UTC)
- Place
- Calexico, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9039EMaule M-5-210C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 22, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890105000249A
- Case key
- 26319
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Probable cause
A binding brake system torque plate. Factors related to the accident were: inadequate maintenance by other maintenance personnel, and operation of the airplane with a known efficiency by the pilot.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt rprtd that during the landing roll, the acft suddenly veered left. He was unable to maintain control of the acft. Subsequently, it exited the runway & collided with the terrain. An exam of the left main wheel & brake revealed the torque plate pin was rusted, which restricted wheel movement. Reportedly, the acft had veered on other recent flts, but no discrepancy had been found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9039E
- Reported as
- Maule M-5-210C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 6194C
- Airframe hours
- 346
- Engine
- Continental IO-360, 210 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Flynn, Donald
- Registered owner
- Martin, Charles M
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 22, 1988 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- Mexicali
- Destination
- CLX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- CXL · Calexico
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,119 total · 26 in this make and model · 1,046 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- IPL, 12 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.