N9181E (Maule M-5-235C) — routes, history & safety record

Registrations are reused: the FAA register shows one earlier aircraft with this mark, the last registration cancelled on May 25, 1965.

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

May 25, 2001Accident
the pilot inadvertently flaring the airplane too high above the ground, resulting in a hard landing that sheared a bolt in the tail wheel assembly. This rendered directional control impossible and induced an uncontrolled ground loop. A contributing factor was the crosswind.
Maule M-5-235C
the pilot inadvertently flaring the airplane too high above the ground, resulting in a hard landing that sheared a bolt in the tail wheel assembly. This rendered directional control impossible and induced an uncontrolled ground loop. A contributing factor was the crosswind. Full accident record

Earlier aircraft with this registration

Registrations are reused. These records predate the airframe built in 1977 and belong to earlier aircraft that carried N9181E.

May 26, 1964Accident
Failed To Obtain/Maintain Flying Speed; Selected Wrong Runway Relative To Existing Wind; Exercised Poor Judgment
Aeronca 11AC · 1 fatalities