# Accident 20250320002399A: Maule M-7-235C, Birdsboro, PA, March 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2025, 16:50 local time
- Place: Birdsboro, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2623° N, 75.8101° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Birdsboro, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2623&lon=-75.8101&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4244L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4244L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Maule M-7-235C (registry code 5460110, https://openairdocs.org/model/maule-m-7-235c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MAULE M-7-235C
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,255 total, 573 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250320002399A

## Narrative

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

AIRMAN WAS APPROACHING TO LAND ON HIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AND OVERFLEW THE AREA TO OBSERVE THE WINDSOCK. HE STATED THAT THE WINDSOCK WAS STRAIGHT DOWN INDICATING TO HIM THAT THE WINDS WERE CALM. HE ELECTED TO LAND FROM EAST TO WEST, ALONG A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 250 DEGREES. AIRMAN STATED THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY, PERFORMING A WHEEL LANDING, AND TO HIS BELIEF, A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO TIP OVER. UPON OBSERVING THE SCENE, THERE WERE PROPELLER SCAR MARKS OBSERVED 63 FEET FROM WHERE THE AIRMAN STATES THAT HE TOUCHED DOWN. THESE RUN FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET. SOME TIME AFTER THAT IS A GOUGE MARK THAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE LEFT TIRE. APPROXIMATELY 20-30 FEET LATER THE LEFT WING STRIKES THE GROUND AND ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY THIS IS WHEN THE PROP SPINNER STRIKES THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER. THE REPORTED WINDS AT RDG, 7-8NM AWAY, AT 2154Z, 4 MINUTES AFTER THE ACCIDENT, WERE 210 AT 5 KNOTS. ONE HOUR PRIOR THEY WERE 220 AT 11 AND ONE HOUR AFTER THEY WERE 270 AT 3 KNOTS.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N4244L (1)

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

- [Accident 20150929016079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150929016079A), Sep 29, 2015: Maule M-7-235C (N4244L), Kemmerer, WY, Substantial damage. At 12:41 MDT on 9/30/2015, N4244L, a Maule M-7-235C landed at kemm. Upon landing the aircraft sustained substantial damage. During landing, the aircraft ground…

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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