# Incident 20140711015679I: Maule MX-7-235, Butler, PA, July 11, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2014, 12:35 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Airport: Butler County Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N70LB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N70LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MX-7-235 (registry code 5470207, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mx-7-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MX-7-235
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 540
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,050 total, 330 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140711015679I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

- [Accident 20030706013019A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030706013019A), Jul 6, 2003: Maule MX7235 (N70LB), East Brady, PA, Substantial damage. (-23) On Sunday 7/6/2003 at approximately 1039ET, a Maule-amphibious aircraft landed on the allegheny river in East Brady, PA. The aircraft was landing to the…
- [Accident 19850711031059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850711031059A), Jul 11, 1985: Maule M7235 (N70LB), Savoy, MA, Substantial damage. Landed short of 800 foot runway and struck a dirt embankment. Aircraft flipped over.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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