FAA incident report · Champion AERONCA 7CCM · Petersburg, VA · August 20, 2014
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.
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Aircraft landed parallel to runway 5 in the grass with known landing gear problem. Aircraft ground looped due to right landing gear detaching from aircraft.
AIRCRAFT LANDED PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 5 IN THE GRASS WITH KNOWN LANDING GEAR PROBLEM. AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED DUE TO RIGHT LANDING GEAR DETACHING FROM AIRCRAFT.