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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7AC · Spearfish, SD · November 25, 2009

Date: November 25, 2009 · 10:00 local
Place: Spearfish, SD
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N8275E
Reported as: Aeronca 7AC
Reported engine: Continental A&C65 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,500 total300 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N8275ERegistered now · Aeronca 7ACS/N 7AC-1398 Airframe modelAeronca 7AC Engine modelContinental A&C65 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

On November 25, 2009 at 10:00 a champion 7AC owned by privacy data omitted was damaged during landing incident after a maintenance filght test. Right main landing gear was incorrectly installed during maintanence. VFR conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft nose cowling, propeller, and right main landing gear were damaged and the pilot was not injured. The flight originated at the airport at 9:50 on November 25, 2009.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 25, 2009 AT 10:00 A CHAMPION 7AC OWNED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DAMAGED DURING LANDING INCIDENT AFTER A MAINTENANCE FILGHT TEST. RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS INCORRECTLY INSTALLED DURING MAINTANENCE. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT NOSE COWLING, PROPELLER, AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WERE DAMAGED AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT THE AIRPORT AT 9:50 ON NOVEMBER 25, 2009.