Aeronca 7AC N82029
19 January 2000 · Palmetto, Florida, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 January 2000 at about 20:45 local time, a Aeronca 7AC registered N82029, operated by Larry W. Peters, was involved in an accident near Palmetto, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Palmetto, Florida, United States
- Nearest airport
- Airport Manatee (48X)
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Aeronca 7AC
- Registration
- N82029
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Larry W. Peters
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA00LA072
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
Failure for undetermined reasons of the right main landing gear strut during landing resulting in collapse of the right main landing gear.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot stated that while landing the right main landing gear strut failed at a weld on the top part of the strut. The right main gear collapsed and folded under the aircraft. He welded the strut back on to relocate the aircraft. The fracture was destroyed and could not be examined by NTSB.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Aeronca 7 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2000 | Aeronca 7CCM-200 | Corning, Iowa, United States | Donald R. Hall | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jun 2000 | Aeronca 7BCM | Palmetto, Florida, United States | Seminole Aviation Assoc. Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 16 Jul 2000 | Aeronca 7DC | Payson, Arizona, United States | Arizona Aviation | No injuries | - |
| 7 Mar 2000 | Aeronca 7AC | Pawling, New York, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 30 Aug 2000 | Aeronca 7BCM | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | Bruce N. Barton | No injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 2000 | Aeronca 7AC | Bolivar, Missouri, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,361 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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