# NTSB SEA83LA013: Maule M-5-210C, N312X, Madras, OR, October 24, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 24, 1982, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Madras, OR
- Coordinates: 44.60086, -121.049484 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6009&lon=-121.0495&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 24, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71539
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA83LA013
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71539/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA83LA013

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - wet (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - brakes(normal) - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING IN A GRASS FIELD THAT WAS SOFT AND WET. THE FIELD WAS SQUARE SHAPED AND MEASURED ABOUT 1500 FT ON EACH SIDE. WHILE LANDING TOWARD THE WEST, HE SAW THE END OF THE FIELD APPROACHING AND APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING TO REDUCE HIS SPEED. AT THAT TIME, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO WIND. ABOUT 28 MILES NORTH AT A WEATHER STATION, THE WIND WAS FROM 160 DEGREES.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N312X](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N312X-2012-09-25), registration cancelled 2012-09-25, S/N 6129C, built 1975 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-5-210C
- Registry model: [Maule M-5-210C](https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-5-210c) (registry code 5460134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 6129C
- Airframe hours: 600
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-360-D 210 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Samuel Barton, Jr.
- Registered owner: Samuel Barton, Jr.
- Departed: PRINEVILLE, OR
- Destination: N31, KUTZTOWN, PA
- Airport: runway 29, 1,500 × 150 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 150 total, 90 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 45 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 133 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: RDM, 28 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 19821024055069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821024055069A), Oct 24, 1982: Maule M5210C, Madras, OR, Substantial damage. Pilot landed in small grass field, used brakes too abruptly causing aircraft to flip inverted.

## Other investigations on N312X (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 SEA88FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA88FA084), Apr 25, 1988: Maule M5-210C (N312X), Bend, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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