# Incident 20180828021059I: Aeronca 7AC, San Diego, CA, August 28, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2018, 16:32 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2869E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2869E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 7AC (registry code 2110102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-7ac) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERONCA 7AC
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180828021059I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE PATTERN DOING TOUCH AND GOES.  AFTER A LANDING, ONCE AIRBORNE BOTH PILOTS HEARD A LOUD NOISE UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.  ATC THEN REPORTED TO THEM THAT IT SEEMED THE RIGHT GEAR WAS HANGING FROM THE PLANE.  PILOT DID A FLY BY FOR THE TOWER TO CONFIRM GEAR WAS HANGING.  THE PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND BETWEEN THE 2 RUNWAYS IN THE GRASS.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.  NO INJURIES REPORTED AND NO SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N2869E (2)

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

- [Accident 20070708012889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070708012889A), Jul 8, 2007: Bbavia 7AC (N2869E), Clarksburg, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On July 8, 2007, the pilot [privacy data omitted] was severely injured while hand propping the engine on his aircraft prior to intended flight. After the…
- [Incident 19980224006589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980224006589I), Feb 24, 1998: Bbavia 7AC (N2869E), Minor damage. Narrative: aircraft departed VFR from sonoma skypark airport, (0Q9) at 1600 PST. Pilot of the aircraft was a student pilot and stated he was intending to do…

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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