# Incident 20110129001069I: American Ch 7GCBC, Palo Alto, CA, January 29, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2011, 15:24 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: American Champion 7GCBC (registry code 21101PL, https://openairdocs.org/model/american-champion-7gcbc) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O-320-B2B (registry code 42138, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-b2b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMERICAN CH 7GCBC
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O-320-B2B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 16,500 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110129001069I

## Narrative

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

ON SECOND APPROACH TO RUNWAY 31, THE AIRCRAFT WAS  ONSPEED, ON CENTER LINE, ON GLIDE PATH WITH GOOD CROSSWIND CORRECTION.  UPON TOUCHDOWN,  A GO AROUND WAS INITIATED.  DURING GO AROUND PROCEDURE THE PILOT NOTED A SIGNIFICANT THUMP COMING FROM THE TAIL SECTION.  AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ADVISED THERE MAY BE DAMAGE TO THE TAIL WHEEL. AFTER COMMUNICATION WITH ATC AND A VISUAL INSPECTION BY ATC, ATC CONFIRMED THE TAIL WHEEL HAD BECOME DISCONTECTED. PILOT LANDED AIRCRAFT SUCCESSFULLLY ON THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL WHEEL ATTACHMENT SKID WITH NO FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N59WD (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20170331002909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170331002909I), Mar 31, 2017: American Champion Aircraft 7GCBC (N59WD), Stockton, CA, Minor damage. Pilot was performing taxiing aircraft for takeoff at Stockton, CA. On downwind taxi the left wing raised and aircraft ground looped into the gravel on side of…
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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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