# Accident 20140426006019A: Champion 7ECA, Taylorsville, NC, April 26, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 26, 2014, 12:30 local time
- Place: Taylorsville, NC
- Airport: Taylorsville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.9308° N, 81.1967° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.9308&lon=-81.1967&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9122E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9122E-2018-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Champion 7ECA (registry code 21101NN, https://openairdocs.org/model/champion-7eca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMPION 7ECA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 855 total, 112 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA212) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140426006019A

## Narrative

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

UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, CRASH SITE, AND LAWN TRACTOR, IT APPEARS THAT THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDED LONG AND ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE OF RWY 8.  BASED ON WEATHER REPORTS FROM HKY AND SVH WINDS WERE 220 AT 7 KNOTS.  THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE MOWER RIDER'S LEFT ARM, STEERING WHEEL, AND MOWER HOOD.  THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE REAR OF THE MOWER INBOARD OF THE LEFT REAR MOWER TIRE/WHEEL CAUSING THE RH MLG TO SEPARATE FROM THE AIRCRAFT.  THE IMPACT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 180 FT. FROM THE END OF RWY 8.  THE RIDER OF THE MOWER SUBSEQUENTLY PASSED AWAY ON MAY 13 FROM THE INJURIES SUSTAINED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA14LA212](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA212), Apr 26, 2014: Champion 7ECA (N9122E), Taylorsville, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper approach, which resulted in a long landing right of the runway centerline and the airplane’s subsequent collision with a riding mower that would have been difficult for the pilot…

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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