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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Maule MX-7-235 · Butler, PA · July 11, 2014

Date
July 11, 2014 · 12:35 local
Place
Butler, PA
Airport
Butler County Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N70LB
Reported as
Maule MX-7-235
Reported engine
Lycoming 540
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,050 total330 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On 7/12/2014 Butler airport (kbtp) amphibious aircraft (N70LB) landed on runway 26 with wheels retracted. No injuries or aircraft damage. Pilot distracted by activity at airfield (cars and people near runway - car show). Pilot failed to use checklist.

As the FAA filed it

ON 7/12/2014 BUTLER AIRPORT (KBTP) AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT (N70LB) LANDED ON RUNWAY 26 WITH WHEELS RETRACTED. NO INJURIES OR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. PILOT DISTRACTED BY ACTIVITY AT AIRFIELD (CARS AND PEOPLE NEAR RUNWAY - CAR SHOW). PILOT FAILED TO USE CHECKLIST.

Other reports on N70LB · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.