# Incident 19960713024369I: Bbavia 11AC, Mountain Grove, MO, July 13, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1996, 11:00 local time
- Place: Mountain Grove, MO
- Airport: Mouontain Grove Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.1342° N, 92.2663° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain Grove, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.1342&lon=-92.2663&mi=10
- Aircraft: N85907, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N85907) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 11AC (registry code 0191102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-11ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 11AC
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960713024369I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED ON TAKEOFF FROM CABOOL, MO. AIRPORT (TVB), THAT HIS RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OELO STRUT CAME APART. THE LANDING GEAR WAS ONLY ATTACHED TO AIRCRAFT BY THE AXLE STRUT ASSEMBLY AND PILOT ELECTED TO RETURN TO HOME BASE, WHICH WAS MOUNTAIN GROVE, MO. (MO19) FOR LANDING. UPON LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FOLDED BACK AND HIT DOOR AND PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED. IT WAS VERY MINOR DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES ON BOARD AIRCRAFT. REVIEW OF AIRCRAFT RECORDS, ANNUAL WAS COMPLETED 2/96 AT TACH TIME 467.7 AND TACH TIME AT INCIDENT SITE WAS 474.8 AND AD 47-20-02 WAS COMPLIED WITH. THE OELO STRUT FAILED AT WELDED END, AND THE WELD FAILED TOTAL TIME ON STRUT 1489.9, P/N 3-433 OELO STRUT ASSY. INCIDENT #CE96IGA00105. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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