- Date
- February 8, 1980
- Place
- Foley, AL · FOLEY, AL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9235EMaule M5
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800208003339A
- Case key
- 131855
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0278 80/2/8 FOLEY,AL MAULE M5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 131 TIME - 1615 N9235E PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FOLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBANY,GA FOLEY,AL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 3000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE LEFT CROSS WIND 248-292 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 110 12 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- WIND GUSTS TO 15KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9235E
- Reported as
- Maule M5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Foley
N9235ERegistration cancelled Mar 18, 2013 · Maule M-5-235CAirframe modelMaule M-5-235CEngine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.