# Accident 20000119000289A: Bbavia 7AC, Palmetto, FL, January 19, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2000, 15:45 local time
- Place: Palmetto, FL
- Airport: Manatee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6426° N, 82.5199° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6426&lon=-82.5199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82029, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82029) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 320 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA072) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000119000289A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ON JANUARY 19, 2000, ABOUT 1545 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN AERONCA 7AC, N82029, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, SUSTAINED DAMAGED WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING AT AIRPORT MANATEE, PALMETTO, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT LAST DEPARTED PALMETTO, FLORIDA, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1540. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE LANDING AT AIRPORT MANATEE, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT FAILED AND THE GEAR FOLDED UNDER THE FUSELAGE. THE RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ABOUT 50 FEET AND CAME TO REST. WHEN HE EXAMINED THE COLLAPSED RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR AFTER THE ACCIDENT, HE DETERMINED THE GEAR HAD COLLAPSED DUE TO A BROKEN WELD ON THE UPPER PART OF THE STRUT ASSEMBLY. HE WELDED THE SEPARATED GEAR BACK ONTO THE AIRCRAFT TO RELOCATE THE AIRCRAFT. THE SEPARATION FRACTURE SURFACE WAS DESTROYED AND COULD NOT BE EXAMINED BY NTSB.                                                                                                                  (-23) INSPECTOR STATEMENT: ON JANUARY 28, 2000, AN INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED ON AN AERONCA AIRCRAFT N82029, S/N 7AC-655. THE INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED DUE TO A REPORTED AIRCRAFT INCIDENT AT MANATEE AIRPORT, (48X) PALMETTO FL. THE PILOT LARRY PETERS WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT FAILED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND SEVERAL TUBING MEMBERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. AN INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR REVEALED THAT A WELD AT THE UPPER FORWARD MAIN LANDING GEAR OLEO CASE FRAME ATTACH POINT HAD FAILED CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE. AS A RESULT, FUSELAGE TUBING MEMBERS ON THE RIGHT SIDE IMMEDIATELY FWD AND AFT OF THE ATTACH POINT WERE DAMAGED. ON IMPACT, ONE BLADE OF THE PROPELLER WAS BENT BACK AND DAMAGED. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELEASED TO THE OWNER. VICTOR ROXAS PRINCIPAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00LA072](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA072), Jan 19, 2000: Aeronca 7AC (N82029), Palmetto, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure for undetermined reasons of the right main landing gear strut during landing resulting in collapse of the right main landing gear.

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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