# Incident 20200125001839I: Aeronca 7AC, Edmond, OK, January 25, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2020, 11:00 local time
- Place: Edmond, OK
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6528° N, 97.4781° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edmond, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6528&lon=-97.4781&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84096, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84096) (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 C85
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200125001839I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 25TH, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 CST, AN AERONCA CHAMP, N84096, WHICH DEPARTED GUTHRIE-EDMOND REGIONAL AIRPORT (GOK), EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE DURING CRUISE FLIGHT.  SMOKE STARTED TO ENTER THE COCKPIT AND THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.  THE PILOT WAS FORCED TO LAND IN GRASS FIELD.  NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER, AND THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.  UPON FURTHER EXAMINATION, #1 ENGINE CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD FAILED AT ROD BOLT CRACKING THE CASE AND BREAKING THE CAMSHAFT.

## Other reports on N84096 (2)

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

- [Incident 20221022016849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221022016849I), Oct 22, 2022: Aeronca 7AC (N84096), Poplar Bluff, MO, Minor damage. On October 22, 2022 at approximately 7:30AM, [privacy data omitted] departed Poplar Bluff airport in Poplar Bluff, MO for a VFR instructional flight. After a…
- [Accident 19850107001249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850107001249A), Jan 7, 1985: Bbavia 7AC (N84096), Chandler, AZ, Substantial damage. Wing dropped during turn in pattern. Nose fell through and plane struck ground. Temp inversion, probable windshear.

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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