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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7GC · Gwinn, MI · April 7, 2011

Date: April 7, 2011 · 16:30 local
Place: Gwinn, MI
Airport: Marquette - Sawyer International.
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N84406
Reported as: Aeronca 7GC
Reported engine: Lycoming O-290-D2B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0

N84406Registered now · Aeronca 7GCS/N 7AC-3080 · Built 1946 Airframe modelAeronca 7GC Engine modelLycoming O-290-D2BReciprocating

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.

Pilot stated that he had a normal landing, touched down and floated up a little bit. The left wing had dipped low due to correction for a crosswind. When he came back to level the acft continued to the right and the right wing tip hit the ground, followed by the nose and prop hitting. After exiting the aircraft, the right main gear oleo strut was found to be pulled out of the gear housing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD A NORMAL LANDING, TOUCHED DOWN AND FLOATED UP A LITTLE BIT. THE LEFT WING HAD DIPPED LOW DUE TO CORRECTION FOR A CROSSWIND. WHEN HE CAME BACK TO LEVEL THE ACFT CONTINUED TO THE RIGHT AND THE RIGHT WING TIP HIT THE GROUND, FOLLOWED BY THE NOSE AND PROP HITTING. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR OLEO STRUT WAS FOUND TO BE PULLED OUT OF THE GEAR HOUSING.