20141130022109I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Lechleiter James R RV-7 · Greenville, SC · November 30, 2014

Date
November 30, 2014 · 13:15 local
Place
Greenville, SC
Airport
Greeville Downtown
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N702PL
Reported as
Lechleiter James R RV-7
Reported engine
Superior IO-360
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,038 total250 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

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

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On November 30, 2014 the pilot departed from mks airport headed to gmu or Greenville Downtown airport in an experimental RV-7 he had built around July 2012. The pilot had checked weather on a commercial weather service called weathermeister before the flight and was reported VFR with gusty winds. As the pilot approached the airport the tower informed him the winds were at 230 18 knots gusting to 25 knots and was told the current runway in use was runway 19. The pilot accepted this and attempted to land with a cross wind. At approximately 1315 hrs the airplane touched down near the numbers and rolled about 400 feet. At around 400 feet the airplane?s right wing was lifted up about 30 degrees and the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway where the left wing hit a taxiway/runway sign. The aircraft rolled off into the grass until it nosed into the dirt stopping the propeller. The pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 30, 2014 THE PILOT DEPARTED FROM MKS AIRPORT HEADED TO GMU OR GREENVILLE DOWNTOWN AIRPORT IN AN EXPERIMENTAL RV-7 HE HAD BUILT AROUND JULY 2012. THE PILOT HAD CHECKED WEATHER ON A COMMERCIAL WEATHER SERVICE CALLED WEATHERMEISTER BEFORE THE FLIGHT AND WAS REPORTED VFR WITH GUSTY WINDS. AS THE PILOT APPROACHED THE AIRPORT THE TOWER INFORMED HIM THE WINDS WERE AT 230 18 KNOTS GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS AND WAS TOLD THE CURRENT RUNWAY IN USE WAS RUNWAY 19. THE PILOT ACCEPTED THIS AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITH A CROSS WIND. AT APPROXIMATELY 1315 HRS THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN NEAR THE NUMBERS AND ROLLED ABOUT 400 FEET. AT AROUND 400 FEET THE AIRPLANE?S RIGHT WING WAS LIFTED UP ABOUT 30 DEGREES AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY WHERE THE LEFT WING HIT A TAXIWAY/RUNWAY SIGN. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OFF INTO THE GRASS UNTIL IT NOSED INTO THE DIRT STOPPING THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.