- Date
- February 8, 1981
- Place
- Kelso, WA · KELSO, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5634MMaule M-5
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810208003079A
- Case key
- 126918
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0520 81/2/8 KELSO,WA MAULE M-5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1300 TIME - 1500 N5634M PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 225 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KELSO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KELSO,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- SPRING CLIP TO RUDDER CTL HORN & CABLE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5634M
- Reported as
- Maule M-5
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kelso
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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.