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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7AC · Cottage Grove, MN · March 4, 2010

Date
March 4, 2010 · 15:30 local
Place
Cottage Grove, MN
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2142E
Reported as
Aeronca 7AC
Reported engine
Continental A80 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
7,500 total1,800 in this make and model120 in the last 90 days

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.

privacy data omitted Was giving flight training to privacy data omitted. The instructions was basic ski landing and takeoff techniques in an AERONCA7-AC.during the approach, the flying pilot, privacy data omitted applied hard right rudder while simultaneously pitching the nose downward. The right ski dug into the snow. The right landing ge ar collapsed, causing the right gear to bend and the gear to fuselage attach bracket was bent.

As the FAA filed it

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS GIVING FLIGHT TRAINING TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE INSTRUCTIONS WAS BASIC SKI LANDING AND TAKEOFF TECHNIQUES IN AN AERONCA7-AC.DURING THE APPROACH, THE FLYING PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPLIED HARD RIGHT RUDDER WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PITCHING THE NOSE DOWNWARD. THE RIGHT SKI DUG INTO THE SNOW. THE RIGHT LANDING GE AR COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE RIGHT GEAR TO BEND AND THE GEAR TO FUSELAGE ATTACH BRACKET WAS BENT.