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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7AC · Beaufort, NC · September 21, 2019

Date
September 21, 2019 · 11:30 local
Place
Beaufort, NC
Airport
Michael J Smith
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2998E
Reported as
Aeronca 7AC
Reported engine
Continental A&C65 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
657 total279 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days

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 landed in the grass parallel to runway 32 as is custom. Pilot landed on main wheels bounced and landed hard causing the RH main gear leg to collapse, and causing propeller strike.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT LANDED IN THE GRASS PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 32 AS IS CUSTOM. PILOT LANDED ON MAIN WHEELS BOUNCED AND LANDED HARD CAUSING THE RH MAIN GEAR LEG TO COLLAPSE, AND CAUSING PROPELLER STRIKE.

Other reports on N2998E · 1

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