# Accident 20200727011449A: Maule MXT-7-180A, Butler, IL, July 27, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2020, 19:35 local time
- Place: Butler, IL
- Airport: Justison
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2428° N, 89.5508° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JUSTISON (1LL5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2428&lon=-89.5508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N772TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N772TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule MXT-7-180A (registry code 5460187, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-mxt-7-180a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE MXT-7-180A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200727011449A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 27, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:35 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), AN MXT-7-180A MAULE, N772TM, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN ON A PRIVATE OWNED AIRSTRIP, NORTH OF THE TOWN OF BUTLER, IL.

THE FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE BUTLER ILLINOIS AIRPORT (1LL5).

ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE DEPARTED JUSTISON AIRPORT (1LL5) AT APPROXIMATELY 18:50 TO CONDUCT A FLIGHT TO INSPECT THE CROPS ON HIS LOCAL FARM. HE RETURNED TO 1LL5 AT APPROXIMATELY 19:31, AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WHEN A DEER JUMPED OUT OF THE ADJACENT BEAN FIELD IN TO HIS PATH. HE THEN PULLED THE AIRCRAFT NOSE UP TO AVOID HITTING THE ANIMAL, WHICH THEN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND HIT THE GROUND NOSE FIRST. THE AIRCRAFT?S NOSE LANDING GEAR SHEARED OFF, WHICH THEN THE CAUSED THE PROPELLER TO CONTACT THE GROUND, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP ON TO ITS BACK.

THE AWOS WEATHER REPORT AT LITCHFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (3LF) AT 19:35 CDT WAS: WIND 180 DEGREES AT 04 KNOTS, VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES, CLEAR SKIES, TEMPERATURE 28 CELSIUS, DEW POINT 24 CELSIUS, AND ALTIMETER 3001.

## NTSB investigation

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