# NTSB Accident MIA96LA119
> **Aeronca 7BCM** · 1996-04-16 · PORTLAND, TN, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA96LA119
- **Event ID:** 20001208X05636
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1996-04-16
- **Location:** PORTLAND, TN, USA
- **Coordinates:** 36.579582, -86.510238
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Aeronca
- **Model:** 7BCM
- **Registration:** N2908E
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Delay by the pilot-in-command to perform a go-around after the airplane bounced three times during the landing attempt.  Contributing to the accident was the failure of the pilot to obtain a preflight weather briefing and his poor in-flight planning decision for attempting to land with a wind 10 degrees behind the right wing at 17 knots with gusts to 26 knots.

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