# Incident 20240305002239I: Dennis R Stephen RV-7, Cookson, OK, March 5, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2024, 16:00 local time
- Place: Cookson, OK
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7213° N, 94.9155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cookson, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7213&lon=-94.9155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N84MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N84MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dennis R Stephen RV-7 (registry code 05638QC, https://openairdocs.org/model/dennis-r-stephen-rv-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DENNIS R STEPHEN RV-7
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 160 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240305002239I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPART 44M AND WAS RETURNING BACK TO 44M WHEN THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIANCED A HARD LANDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER AND WHEELCOVERS. PILOT STATED HE HAD BECOME DISORIENTED FROM A GLARE ON THE WINDSCREEN CAUSING HIM TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE GROUND AND FLARING THE AIRCRAFT EARLY. PILOT AND A PASSANGER WERE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT, WITH NO INJURIES.

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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