# Incident 20221022016849I: Aeronca 7AC, Poplar Bluff, MO, October 22, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2022, 09:30 local time
- Place: Poplar Bluff, MO
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7633° N, 90.4140° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Poplar Bluff, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7633&lon=-90.4140&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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,326 total, 40 in this make and model, 59 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221022016849I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20200125001839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200125001839I), Jan 25, 2020: Aeronca 7AC (N84096), Edmond, OK, No damage. On January 25th, 2020 at approximately 11:00 CST, an Aeronca champ, N84096, which departed guthrie-Edmond regional airport (gok), experienced a rough running…
- [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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