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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bbavia 7AC · Hillsboro, NH · January 8, 2008

Date: January 8, 2008 · 14:00 local
Place: Hillsboro, NH
Airport: Hawthorne-Feather Airpark
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N84556
Reported as: Bbavia 7AC
Reported engine: Continental A65*
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,500 total90 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N84556Registered now · Aeronca 7ACS/N 7AC-3253 · Built 1946 Airframe modelAeronca 7AC Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The airmen failed to assess the height of a snow pile at the approach end of runway 20 at airport 8B1. On final approach, the fixed landing gear struck the snow pile. The impact damage caused the gear to collapse as the aircraft settled on the runway, resulting in the propeller striking the runway as the aircraft skidded to a stop, while remaining on the pavement. There were no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRMEN FAILED TO ASSESS THE HEIGHT OF A SNOW PILE AT THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 20 AT AIRPORT 8B1. ON FINAL APPROACH, THE FIXED LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE SNOW PILE. THE IMPACT DAMAGE CAUSED THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY, RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY AS THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP, WHILE REMAINING ON THE PAVEMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.