20221022016849I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Aeronca 7AC · Poplar Bluff, MO · October 22, 2022

Date
October 22, 2022 · 09:30 local
Place
Poplar Bluff, MO
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N84096
Reported as
Aeronca 7AC
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
11,326 total40 in this make and model59 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.

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 two hour flight the aircraft returned to land at the same airport. The winds had increased and were now gusting to 19 knots. As the aircraft went into the landing flare, the student and flight instructor stated that the aircraft suddenly dropped and bounced on the runway. After the bounce the aircraft experiend a hard landing and the right main landing gear collapsed sending the aircraft skidding off the left side of the runway. The aircraft came to a stop approximately 20 feet off the runway. There were no injuries to either the student or flight instructor.

As the FAA filed it

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 TWO HOUR FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO LAND AT THE SAME AIRPORT. THE WINDS HAD INCREASED AND WERE NOW GUSTING TO 19 KNOTS. AS THE AIRCRAFT WENT INTO THE LANDING FLARE, THE STUDENT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SUDDENLY DROPPED AND BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY. AFTER THE BOUNCE THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIEND A HARD LANDING AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED SENDING THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDING OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER THE STUDENT OR FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.

Other reports on N84096 · 2

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