# Incident 20040429015679I: Bbavia 7ECA, St Louis, MO, April 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2004, 15:45 local time
- Place: St Louis, MO
- Airport: Spirit Of St Louis Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6621° N, 90.6520° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (SUS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6621&lon=-90.6520&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5431G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BBAVIA 7ECA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040429015679I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 21, 2004 MR. AMPLEMAN WAS INTERVIEWED OVER THE TELEPHONE AND DETERMINED THAT HE WAS ON A DUAL TRAINING FLIGHT AND THAT THE STUDENT MADE A HARD LANDING. THE WEATHER WAS EXCELLENT WITH SOME CROSSWIND AND THAT THE RWY CONDITIONS WERE DRY. HE PARKED THE AIRCRAFT AND REPORTED A HARD LANDING TO MAINTENANCE. HE PROCEEDED TO OPERATE THE AIRCRAFT ON THREE SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS AND HAD TROUBLE CONTROLLING THE AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SPRUNG AND THE TAILWHEEL HAD DAMAGE. ALL OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED HARDWARE HAD TO BE REPLACED AS WHEEL AS SEVERAL TAILWHEEL COMPONENTS. THIS INCIDENT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS A FLAT TAILWHEEL DUE TO MANEUVERING TO ALLOW ANOTHER AIRCRAFT TO PASS ON THE TAXIWAY. DURING A VISIT TO THE SCHOOL IN JUNE, THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED ON JACKS AND THE FULL EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED.

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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