# Incident 20100304029199I: Aeronca 7AC, Cottage Grove, MN, March 4, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2010, 15:30 local time
- Place: Cottage Grove, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8277° N, 92.9438° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottage Grove, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8277&lon=-92.9438&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2142E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2142E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A80 series (registry code 17006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a80-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A80 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100304029199I

## Narrative

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

^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.

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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