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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Champion 7FC · Tulsa, OK · March 8, 2026

Date: March 8, 2026 · 13:44 local
Place: Tulsa, OK
Airport: Tulsa Riverside Airport
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7692E
Reported as: Champion 7FC
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,204 total

N7692ERegistered now · Champion 7FCS/N 7FC-287 · Built 1958 Airframe modelChampion 7FC Engine modelContinental C90 seriesReciprocating

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

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On March 8, 2026 at approximately 1300 local time, an Aeronca Champion 7FC aircraft departed Tulsa Riverside Airport (krvs) and flew to okmulgee regional airport (kokm). After arriving in the airspace at kokm, a person on the ground at kokm noticed that the aircraft was missing the left wheel and relayed this information to the pilot of the Aeronca Champion 7FC. The pilot then verified visually that the left wheel was missing and decided to return to krvs. The pilot had krvs tower confirm that the left wheel was missing, and requested landing on runway 19L. The pilot landed the aircraft at krvs on runway 19L at approximately 1344 local time causing minimal damage to the left brake assembly.

As the FAA filed it

ON MARCH 8, 2026 AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 LOCAL TIME, AN AERONCA CHAMPION 7FC AIRCRAFT DEPARTED TULSA RIVERSIDE AIRPORT (KRVS) AND FLEW TO OKMULGEE REGIONAL AIRPORT (KOKM). AFTER ARRIVING IN THE AIRSPACE AT KOKM, A PERSON ON THE GROUND AT KOKM NOTICED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS MISSING THE LEFT WHEEL AND RELAYED THIS INFORMATION TO THE PILOT OF THE AERONCA CHAMPION 7FC. THE PILOT THEN VERIFIED VISUALLY THAT THE LEFT WHEEL WAS MISSING AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO KRVS. THE PILOT HAD KRVS TOWER CONFIRM THAT THE LEFT WHEEL WAS MISSING, AND REQUESTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 19L. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT AT KRVS ON RUNWAY 19L AT APPROXIMATELY 1344 LOCAL TIME CAUSING MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT BRAKE ASSEMBLY.