# Incident 20091125051729I: Aeronca 7AC, Spearfish, SD, November 25, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 25, 2009, 10:00 local time
- Place: Spearfish, SD
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4917° N, 103.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spearfish, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4917&lon=-103.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8275E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8275E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,500 total, 300 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091125051729I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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