# Incident 20240814011139I: Aeronca 7AC, Mt. Pleasant, PA, August 14, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2024, 11:30 local time
- Place: Mt. Pleasant, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1509° N, 79.5434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Pleasant, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1509&lon=-79.5434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83588, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83588) (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 A&C65 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240814011139I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON GRASS RUNWAY 24. THE AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 5' FROM THE GROUND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED. AS THE PILOT APPLIED POWER, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND THE LMLG OLEO STRUT, LOWER ATTACH BRACKET BECAME BROKEN ON LANDING. THE OLEO STRUT DAMAGED THE LEFT WING STRUTS, FORCING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY, DUE TO THE GEAR COMPRESSION. THE PILOT DID NOT HAVE TIME TO PULL POWER UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT WAS OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PROP HAS NO EVIDENCE OF A PROP STRIKE.

## Other reports on N83588 (2)

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

- [Incident 20070617019789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070617019789I), Jun 17, 2007: Bbavia 7AC (N83588), Waynesburg, PA, Minor damage. (-23) On June 17, 2007, Aeronca 7AC, N83588, operated by the pilot [privacy data omitted] received minor damage during landing, runway 27 at Greene County…
- [Incident 19881114061869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881114061869I), Nov 14, 1988: Bbavia 7AC (N83588), Mount Pleasant, PA, Minor damage. As taxied to fuel pump left wing hit rudder of other aircraft, spun and prop hit wing.

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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